Kiana Thomas
Compassionate support with practical tools
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kiana
Kiana Thomas is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns among other areas. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand each person’s situation. Conversations in sessions aim to find small, practical steps that make daily life more manageable.
She uses skills-based methods so people leave with tools they can try between meetings. Kiana graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from South University.
Background and approach
She holds an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and has five years of clinical experience working in both independent practice and public agencies. That mix shaped her approach to real-life problems rather than only theory. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting matters, and sleep or eating difficulties.
She also addresses ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, self-esteem, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional topics include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, divorce and separation, domestic violence, body image, and other related struggles. In sessions she commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered methods, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing.
These approaches aim to build practical skills, shift unhelpful thinking, and set realistic goals. Kiana usually works collaboratively to tailor therapy to each person’s needs. She practices in South Carolina and provides services in English.
Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How Kiana Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to develop their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and many day-to-day struggles.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. Kiana collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. That process may start with practical skill work and shift to deeper exploration as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and lifestyles. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text-based messaging provides a way to check in between appointments. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in real life.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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