Kevin Ford
Calm, practical counseling for everyday struggles
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kevin
Kevin Ford is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of clinical work in New Jersey. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and addiction-related concerns. He aims to make the first step into therapy less intimidating and meets people where they are.
He uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters to each person. Sessions are shaped to the individual rather than following a one-size-fits-all script. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every meeting.
Background and approach
Kevin draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to support shifts in behavior related to substance use or process addictions. These methods are practical and focused on skills people can use between sessions.
Common concerns he addresses include stress, panic, anger, bipolar symptoms, grief, and a range of addiction issues including drug and alcohol problems as well as process addictions. He also works with people facing communication problems, separation and divorce, and challenges such as isolation or young adult transitions. Kevin offers a calm, collaborative style that centers on problem solving.
He will tailor a plan to your needs and help you set clear, manageable goals. If you are ready to start, he guides new clients through the initial steps toward regular work together.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Kevin uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that make problems worse; this approach is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and many stress-related issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy provides practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, mood swings, and impulsivity. Motivational Interviewing is used when people are weighing change around substance use or other behaviors and need help finding their own reasons to shift direction.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they pick methods and adjust them over time so the work fits the client’s life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging to increase flexibility. These formats let people access care from home, fit sessions into busy schedules, and continue work between meetings. The variety of options makes it easier to keep steady progress while balancing other responsibilities.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Kevin
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point