Kevin Phillips, LPC
South Carolina · 14 years in practice
Kevin Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with other approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 6135 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1568820934 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kevin
Kevin Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with other approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. He focuses on practical steps that lead to clearer communication, better coping, and renewed motivation.
Kevin brings 14 years of counseling experience to sessions and talks plainly with clients about goals and next steps. He has worked with people dealing with addiction, grief, bipolar challenges, parenting strain, and anger.
Background and approach
He also has experience supporting survivors of physical, emotional, and sexual trauma and has collaborated with law enforcement and victim advocates in criminal and domestic violence situations. That background informs how he approaches safety, stabilization, and planning. Kevin uses a mix of approaches including Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and existential ideas.
In sessions he focuses on practical skills - communication techniques, relaxation practices, impulse control strategies, and goal setting - rather than only digging into past problems. He also offers counseling from a faith-informed perspective when clients ask for biblically based mental health support, and he has worked with pastors and other spiritual workers around burnout and ministry-related struggles.
His manner is warm, upbeat, and team-oriented. People who want straightforward, action-focused therapy often find his approach useful. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and treating clients without stigmatizing labels.
If someone is ready to make changes, he helps them build a clear plan and steps to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kevin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kevin names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused and Practical Therapy Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional patterns that get in the way of close connections and personal wellbeing. It is useful for people who want to change how they respond emotionally and build safer ways of relating to themselves and others.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking committed action even when hard feelings are present. It teaches practical skills for handling anxiety, stress, and life transitions while helping people clarify what matters most.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens, reflects, and supports each person’s own pace of change. This approach helps when someone needs a steady space to sort out feelings and choices.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well with limited bandwidth, chat or messaging can be better for short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options help fit therapy around work, family, and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does he address?
Kevin helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting and career issues, bipolar challenges, and ADHD among other struggles.
What is his therapy style like?
He combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with ACT, CBT, Client-Centered, and existential ideas. Sessions tend to be warm, interactive, and focused on practical steps and skills.
How much experience does he have?
He has 14 years of clinical experience working with people facing a wide range of mental health and life challenges.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He holds an LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Does he work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Kevin conducts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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