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Online therapist

Frankie McKelvin

Calm, practical therapy for families and relationships

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Frankie

Frankie McKelvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. She brings ten years of clinical work to sessions and focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside relationship and individual issues. Frankie aims to create straightforward, practical therapy that fits daily life.

She emphasizes teamwork in therapy and asks clients to take an active role in the process. Frankie works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and intimacy-related problems.

Background and approach

She also addresses parenting, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care topics, and issues around body image and self-esteem. Her work attends to multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and needs of visually impaired clients. In sessions Frankie often uses clear tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy, and she brings a client-centered stance to each meeting.

Clients may be asked to try exercises between sessions, such as journaling or targeted practice, to move toward their goals. These are practical steps meant to help outside of appointments. Her practice includes work on communication problems, infidelity, commitment issues, and coping with major life changes and disasters.

She also supports people dealing with career stress and compassion fatigue. Frankie explains approaches plainly so clients understand what to expect. Frankie offers services in English and provides online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.

She follows a collaborative process to match treatment to a person’s needs and preferences.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Frankie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical steps and solutions clients can try between sessions to move toward specific goals.

She also brings a client-centered attitude to remote work, listening carefully and shaping the plan with the person in session. Deciding on the best approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as they learn what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy family lives. These options let people connect from home, follow up between sessions, and try short check-ins when that works better than longer appointments. The variety of formats supports flexibility and continuity of care while working through relationship, parenting, and life-change challenges.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Narrative Therapy

Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Frankie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family matters, and related concerns such as body image and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a direct, collaborative approach that blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy.
What is her professional background?
Frankie has ten years of experience as a counselor working with diverse cultural backgrounds and a range of life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - with license SC LPC 7124 and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Frankie provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
South Carolina
Languages
English

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