- Client-centered approach
- Adoption and foster care
- Motivational support
About Makeda
Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has practiced for nine years. She began her academic journey in Brooklyn and finished undergraduate studies in psychology after moving to South Carolina. She later earned a graduate degree in community counseling with a concentration in marriage and family therapy and is pursuing a doctorate in counseling education and supervision.
Makeda frames therapy as a collaborative effort. She aims to listen first and help people name what feels overwhelming. Sessions often focus on practical steps to ease stress, manage anxiety, and navigate relationship concerns. She works with people facing depression, trauma, addiction, grief, and life transitions.
Her background includes training across several therapeutic approaches. Makeda uses client-centered and narrative ideas to help people tell their stories and find meaning. She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change and psychodynamic perspectives to look at patterns that repeat over time.
Makeda has particular interest in adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and body image concerns. She also helps with career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and chronic illness-related stress. Her work often includes practical coping tools and communication skill building.
Clients can expect direct, clear talk and step-by-step suggestions. Makeda highlights partnership in setting goals and tracking progress. She offers services from South Carolina and accepts international clients who can work in English.
Approaches that guide online work and change
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathic listening and helping people feel heard so they can make their own decisions; it’s useful for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe their life stories by separating problems from identity and finding new meanings in difficult experiences. Motivational Interviewing is a practical, goal-focused style that helps people move through ambivalence and take steps toward change, often used with addictions and behavior shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals and what feels comfortable. That means trying things, checking in, and adjusting plans as needed so sessions stay relevant and useful.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people attend from locations that are quieter or more convenient, and it supports continuing work through life transitions without requiring in-person visits.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and many other concerns including adoption and foster care related matters.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She uses client-centered listening, narrative techniques, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas to help people make changes.
How much experience does she have?
Makeda has nine years of professional experience in counseling and community work.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds the LPC credential as a Licensed Professional Counselor and practices from South Carolina.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.