About Kevin
Kevin West is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three decades of experience helping people work through stressful and painful times. He earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology and counseling education from the University of Colorado in Denver in 1995 and has worked in agencies, independent practice, schools, and community settings.
He has guided high school students on personal and career growth and led workshops for non-traditional college students.
Background and approach
He has also developed teambuilding sessions for companies and presented personality type workshops to community groups. Those varied roles shaped a flexible approach to counseling. Kevin uses a mix of practical methods from cognitive and behavioral techniques to narrative and emotion-focused work.
He avoids jargon and explains ideas with plain language and relatable analogies. Humor is part of his style when it fits, and he aims to create a caring, down-to-earth space where people feel accepted.
Over the years he has worked with many common struggles, including anxiety, depression, grief, addiction-related family issues, anger, low self-esteem, relationship concerns, eating and sleep problems, parenting stress, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes. He describes therapy as a collaborative search, moving at a pace that feels right for the client.
Kevin sees value in helping people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and revisit painful memories when ready. He likens good therapy to a flashlight that helps reveal difficult areas, and he stays alongside the person while they look. He is licensed in Oklahoma and offers sessions suited to individual needs.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that fit their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It is practical and skill oriented. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work; it supports growth through acceptance and listening.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, past attempts, and preferences, then adapt methods over time. Together they try techniques and notice what helps, adjusting the plan as needed.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth, chat or text can work for brief reflections or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between in-depth sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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