Kevin Cooksey
Compassionate couples and family-centered therapy
LMFT South Carolina
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kevin
Kevin Cooksey is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in South Carolina with a decade of clinical experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Bachelor of Science in Research Psychology with a minor in Conflict Resolution.
Background and approach
Kevin has pursued additional trauma-informed training aimed at helping children and adolescents and maintains certifications geared toward stress, trauma care with military application, and sexual addiction counseling. He is also trained to facilitate SYMBIS assessments to support couples preparing for marriage.
Kevin blends evidence-informed methods with a client-focused stance, drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered and solution-focused approaches to address issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma, grief, and parenting challenges. He also works with challenges like anger, self-esteem struggles, career adjustment, ADHD, and intimacy-related difficulties.
Kevin’s practice emphasizes practical skills, communication enhancement, and rebuilding relational patterns when needed. In addition to clinical work, he holds membership in national professional organizations and serves as a state supervisor in training.
Prospective clients in South Carolina can expect a therapist who combines structured techniques and relational sensitivity to help clarify goals and build coping strategies.
Practical Approaches for Online Therapy and Relationship Work
Kevin frequently draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep concerns, and coping with life changes. He also incorporates Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes understanding each person’s experience and building a collaborative, empathetic relationship to guide change. Additionally, he offers Gottman Method–informed techniques for couples work that focus on communication skills, conflict management, and strengthening relational friendship.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kevin works with each client to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then tailors strategies from these approaches to match the client’s needs and circumstances. That collaborative planning helps set clear goals and practical steps for progress.
Online therapy with Kevin includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options that fit varying schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to continue consistent work on communication, coping skills, trauma recovery, and relationship goals even when in-person meetings are difficult, while allowing clients to access care from home or other convenient locations.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
South Carolina
Languages
English