Makeda Kahlein , LPC

Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. She has nine years of experience and brings a background in psychology and community counseling to her work. Makeda aims to help people who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and changes in life stage.

She uses straightforward conversation to help clients name what matters and decide on next steps. Her approach draws from client-centered ideas, narrative methods, and motivational interviewing to focus on each person's goals. Sessions emphasize practical skills and clearer understanding rather than clinical jargon.

Makeda often supports people dealing with trauma, grief, substance issues, and self-esteem problems. She also addresses concerns that overlap with family of origin, adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, and chronic health challenges. Women’s issues are part of her practice focus, including body image, intimacy-related struggles, and balancing parenting with other roles.

Her training includes a graduate degree in community counseling with a marriage and family therapy concentration, and she is pursuing a doctorate in counseling education and supervision. That educational path informs how she listens for patterns from the past and links them to present choices.

Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. The tone in sessions is respectful and direct, aimed at helping people make realistic changes and feel more steady in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Makeda often uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, listening-based relationship where the client's priorities guide sessions. This approach helps people who want to explore feelings, clarify goals, and make choices at their own pace.

She also draws on narrative therapy, which looks at the stories people tell about themselves and helps rewrite those stories in ways that support change. Narrative work can be useful for issues like identity, family of origin concerns, and body image. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to help people find their own reasons for change when they feel stuck, especially around addictions or behavior shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. That plan can change as progress unfolds and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily routines.