Kevin Phillips
Solution-focused counselor for families and individuals
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kevin
Kevin Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses practical, goal-focused therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship or family concerns. He draws on familiar approaches so sessions are straightforward and down-to-earth. Conversations are warm and interactive, with an emphasis on figuring out next steps.
He offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Kevin has practiced for 14 years in South Carolina and brings broad experience with trauma, abuse, and legal-system involvement connected to mental health concerns.
Background and approach
He has spent extensive time supporting people affected by domestic violence, armed robbery, sexual assault, and sex trafficking through collaborative work with victim advocates and law enforcement. His background also includes several thousand hours addressing addiction and substance-related issues. Sessions focus on practical tools such as relaxation skills, impulse control strategies, and communication techniques.
Kevin blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and client-centered approaches to craft plans that match each person’s needs. He favors teamwork and keeps the attention on realistic steps clients can take between sessions. Kevin also integrates values and faith when requested, offering counseling informed by a Biblical worldview for those who prefer that perspective.
He brings experience supporting spiritual leaders who face burnout or ministry-related struggles. His tone is encouraging, upbeat, and respectful. People who want to work on parenting challenges, family conflicts, separation and divorce concerns, or rebuilding motivation and self-worth will find a direct, solution-oriented approach.
Kevin emphasizes collaboration, clear goals, and measurable changes over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages you to name difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward actions that reflect your values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when avoidance gets in the way of living the life you want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replaces them with more useful habits. CBT is often applied for problems like anxiety, depression, ADHD-related focus or impulse control, and anger management. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, offering empathy, and helping you find your own answers rather than telling you what to do. This approach supports people working through family conflict, self-esteem, and motivation concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, preferences, and daily life, then suggest methods that seem like a good fit. Sessions can mix strategies so you get practical tools along with supportive listening to match your needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and to continue care across locations. Licensed professionals can use these formats to practice skills, review homework, and check progress while keeping therapy adaptable to your routine.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
Frequently asked questions
What problems does this therapist address?
What is his overall therapy style?
How much clinical experience does he have?
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
Which languages and international options are available?
What session formats does he offer?
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
How do I begin working with him?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Kevin
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point