- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Makeda
Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of practice. She lives and works in South Carolina and brings a community-minded approach to therapy. Parents looking for calm, practical guidance often connect with her clear, direct style.
She trained in psychology and community counseling, and she is pursuing a doctorate in counseling education and supervision. Makeda draws on long experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma, relationship strain, grief, addiction, and parenting concerns. Makeda favors simple, human conversation in sessions. She focuses on listening first, understanding each person's story, and then finding small, workable steps forward.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what each person can manage. Her approach blends client-centered methods with narrative and psychodynamic ideas. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change.
This mix helps people clarify values, shift unhelpful patterns, and build more stable routines. People who come for parenting help can expect practical strategies and space to talk about family of origin, blended family issues, adoption or foster care concerns, and caregiver stress. Makeda aims to make therapy straightforward, respectful, and focused on usable tools.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
What Makeda works with
Everything Makeda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Makeda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Makeda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How approaches shape online parenting support
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. The therapist focuses on understanding your experience and reflecting it back, which helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most. This approach is useful for parenting concerns, stress, and relationship strain.Existential Therapy helps people name what matters to them and face life changes with clearer priorities. It explores values, responsibility, and meaning when parenting or life transitions feel overwhelming. This can help with decisions around caregiving, blended families, and major role shifts.
Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, goal-focused way to find personal reasons for change. It supports people who feel stuck or ambivalent about making adjustments in behavior, routines, or relationships. That makes it a good fit for habit changes, addiction concerns, and building new parenting practices.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then try methods that fit. Adjustments are made over time so the plan matches real-life needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text let people send short updates or get support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and different time zones.
Questions people ask about Makeda
What concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting, grief, addictions, ADHD, and career strain.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are conversational and collaborative. She listens deeply, helps people tell their story, and focuses on practical steps clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Makeda has nine years of experience in counseling and community mental health work.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions billed or priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
More therapists for parents in South Carolina
All in South Carolina
Danielle Doskocil
LPC, LCMHC
South Carolina 24 years in practice
Practical, direct support for parents and caregivers
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family
South Carolina 16 years in practice
Support for parents and relationship stress
- Relationship
- Family
- Trauma and abuse
Jennifer Malkin
LPC
South Carolina 20 years in practice
Calm, practical support for stressed parents
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship