About Kevin
Kevin Ford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience in New Jersey. He focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and anxiety and address addictive behaviors. He greets each person with respect and calm, and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Kevin keeps sessions straightforward. He listens to what feels most pressing and then helps build small, realistic goals. Conversations are tailored to each person's life and priorities rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
He uses tools that help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and change behaviors that get in the way of daily life. He also teaches skills for managing intense emotions and urges. These tools are taught in simple, usable ways that people can practice between meetings.
Kevin has worked across a range of concerns including mood disorders, panic and social anxiety, anger, and substance and process addictions. He also supports people coping with grief, family stress, career pressures, and relationship changes like divorce or separation. In sessions he combines listening with clear feedback and step-by-step planning.
He aims to create a calm space for problem solving and skill building. For someone feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or stuck in unhelpful habits, his approach centers on practical change and steady progress.
How Kevin Uses Practical Therapies Online
Kevin commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns of thought that increase anxiety or depression and then try small experiments to shift those thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change and strengthen their own reasons to act.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kevin works with each person to decide which tools fit their goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life. He will explain options, try methods in session, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for a deeper, face-to-face conversation. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing skills practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while working toward concrete steps for managing anxiety and addictive behaviors.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- 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
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