About Makeda
Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She trained in psychology and community counseling and now practices from South Carolina. She focuses on clear, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or major life changes.
Makeda uses straightforward conversation to help people sort out what matters most. Sessions are centered on the person's goals and lived experience. She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and to break problems into small, workable pieces.
Background and approach
Her background includes undergraduate studies in psychology and a graduate degree in community counseling with a concentration in marriage and family therapy. She is also pursuing a Doctorate in Counseling Education and Supervision. That mix of academic work and hands-on counseling shapes a thoughtful, reflective approach.
In practice she draws on client-centered techniques to follow the client’s lead and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change. She also uses narrative and psychodynamic ideas to help people understand long-standing patterns and stories that affect mood and relationships. Makeda works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship issues, parenting challenges, addiction, and caregiving stress.
She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How Makeda’s Approaches Translate Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s priorities. In practice this means the therapist reflects what the client says, asks clarifying questions, and helps the client set their own goals. It works well for anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and decisions about life changes.Motivational Interviewing is a short, action-focused method that helps people weigh reasons for change and build motivation. It is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about starting a new behavior or ending an unhealthy pattern.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques that match the client's needs and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions via video calls let people connect face to face from different locations, which is helpful for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short, frequent check-ins and can fit into busy days or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for scheduling and for matching the style of communication that feels most comfortable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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