Tony McKee
Helping parents and caregivers find steady footing
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Tony
Tony McKee is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 20 years of professional experience. He focuses on common family and parenting concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, depression, and coping with life changes. He meets people where they are and uses straightforward language to help them work through difficult moments.
He centers sessions on the client’s story and strengths. He invites people to notice what’s already working and build on those skills.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with steps clients can try between meetings. Tony uses a mix of methods that suit each person’s needs. He draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at unhelpful thoughts and habits.
He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Over two decades he has supported people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and self-love. His background gives him experience across many common challenges parents and caregivers face.
Signing up for therapy can feel big, and he acknowledges that courage. He guides new clients through the first steps and focuses on clear, manageable goals. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online sessions can use CBT to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes between meetings. Motivational Interviewing focuses on listening and helping people find their own reasons to change. It is a conversational, supportive method that works well over video or phone when someone needs help building motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tony will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. That makes the plan more likely to fit the person's life and feel doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents and caregivers. Video calls let people meet face to face from home, while phone sessions and live chat provide shorter or more personal options. Text-based messaging can be useful for checking in between sessions. These formats aim to make therapy easier to attend and fit into everyday routines.
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.
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.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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