Makeda Kahlein, LPC

Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She completed undergraduate studies in psychology after beginning at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and earned a graduate degree in Community Counseling with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. She lives and practices in South Carolina and is pursuing a Doctorate in Counseling Education and Supervision. Makeda aims for direct, practical work in sessions. She listens first and helps people name what matters most to them. Sessions often focus on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting strain, grief, and addiction. She also pays attention to trauma and abuse and related struggles such as abandonment and family of origin issues. Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the person central in the room. She uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories and Motivational Interviewing to support change when motivation feels stuck. Elements of psychodynamic and existential thinking also inform how she looks at patterns and meaning. Makeda often supports people dealing with self-esteem, intimacy concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and chronic illness or caregiving stress. She works with clients facing life transitions, career strain, and communication or commitment problems. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. The counseling style is collaborative and practical, aimed at helping each person identify next steps and manageable changes. To begin, clients follow the platform steps to match and schedule sessions.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are; the therapist offers empathy and reflective feedback to help clients clarify goals and feel understood. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from difficult stories by examining the story they tell about their life and trying alternative narratives that fit their values better. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to build a person’s own reasons for change and reduce resistance when making difficult shifts.

Makeda treats finding the right approach as a shared process. She will discuss how these methods might fit a client’s needs and preferences, and adjust the work as goals and circumstances change. The plan is shaped together so therapy feels useful and manageable.

The original biography does not specify exact online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins during brief windows such as a lunch break. Phone sessions can be shorter and require less bandwidth, while video sessions allow face-to-face connection when that helps the work. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods to remote conversations to address trauma, relationship stress, coping with life changes, and motivation for change.