About Randall
Randall MacKendrick is a licensed professional counselor with 35 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. He offers calm, straightforward support for parents and adults trying to cope with life changes and low self-esteem. His approach is practical and focused on what each person needs now.
Randall listens first and asks clear questions to understand the problem. He blends talk and action so people leave sessions with small, doable steps.
Background and approach
That can mean working on thoughts and behaviors, looking at past patterns that still cause pain, or setting concrete goals for daily life. He uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s perspective and pace. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try out new ways of responding.
Psychodynamic ideas sometimes help when past relationships affect current mood and connection. Sessions can also focus on solutions and practical change when a quick plan helps most. Randall pays attention to how family patterns shape habits and expectations.
He will tailor the work to match each person’s situation and values. Randall practices in South Carolina and works in English. He helps people with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, commitment or communication problems, caregiver stress, infidelity, guilt, and feelings of emptiness.
His goal is steady progress through clear goals and steady support.
How Randall’s Approaches Work Online
Randall often uses client-centered therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and paced to each person. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people name what matters so they can take steps that feel right to them.He also employs cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it breaks problems into manageable steps and experiments people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Randall discusses goals and preferences at the start and adjusts methods as progress is seen. That means the plan can shift from more talk and reflection to concrete skills practice when that better fits the person’s needs.
Online formats let sessions fit into busy lives. Video calls are good for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or people who express themselves better in writing. These options provide flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, and everyday schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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