About Rodrecus
Rodrecus Atkinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years working in counseling and mental health. He focuses on helping people who are stressed or anxious and those facing depression, relationship strain, or major life changes. He also supports people coping with addiction, grief, parenting challenges, and identity concerns.
His approach centers on clear, honest interaction. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside other methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and practical, with room for humor and real-life problem solving. Rodrecus aims to meet each person where they are. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
He encourages people to speak openly about what matters and to set goals that feel doable. In session he blends structured tools with warm, client-centered conversation. That mix helps people practice new skills between meetings and track what changes.
He supports work on things like sleep, eating, focus, anger, and workplace stress. Rodrecus works with people in South Carolina and runs sessions in English. He offers several online formats so people can choose what fits their life.
If someone is ready to begin, he guides them through the first steps toward clearer goals and steady progress.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and build small, value-driven actions. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on recognizing patterns of thought and behavior and trying practical alternatives to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness when relationships and regulation are a struggle.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed in later sessions so the approach fits the person's life and needs.
Online therapy offers options that make regular work possible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people exchange brief updates, try coping skills between meetings, or fit therapy into a busy day. These formats provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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