About Kevin
Kevin Cooksey is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of clinical experience. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Research Psychology from the University of South Carolina-Upstate and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University. Kevin practices from South Carolina and uses practical, down-to-earth language in sessions.
He focuses on everyday problems people bring into therapy. That includes anxiety, stress, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and sleep struggles.
Background and approach
He also helps with parenting, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, ADHD concerns, and midlife changes. Phobias are listed among his clinical interests. Kevin draws on client-centered work to create a space where people feel heard.
He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. He also applies the Gottman Method approaches for relationship concerns and uses mindfulness and solution-focused methods for practical problem-solving. Kevin’s background includes work with first responders, veterans and armed forces issues, fatherhood concerns, and those dealing with infidelity, divorce, and control problems.
He is a State of South Carolina LMFT and a SYMBIS Assessment Facilitator for couples. He holds additional certifications related to stress, trauma, and sexual addiction counseling described in his training history. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules.
He aims to help people find steady steps forward, whether working through a specific issue or navigating bigger life changes.
How these approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions; this approach is useful for building trust and sorting through personal concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical skills to test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
The Gottman Method offers structured tools for couples to improve communication and manage conflict. It uses concrete exercises that can be practiced between sessions to strengthen relationships and reduce negative cycles.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose which approaches fit their goals, needs, and comfort level, and adapts the work as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or reflections between appointments. These formats offer flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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