Makeda Kahlein, LPC
South Carolina · 9 years in practice
Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 6791 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1821539164 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 9
- 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 Makeda
Makeda Kahlein is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She brings a practical, straightforward style to sessions and focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma, and a range of life challenges. She practices from South Carolina and offers services in English, including to international clients.
Makeda draws on several therapy approaches to meet each person's needs. She uses Existential ideas to help people face big life questions and find personal meaning.
Background and approach
Client-centered techniques guide conversations so the client’s perspective leads the work. Motivational interviewing supports change when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps. In session she keeps language clear and concrete.
People can expect calm listening and direct questions that help name feelings and patterns. She helps identify practical steps to try between meetings and checks progress together over time. Her background includes undergraduate studies in psychology and a graduate degree in community counseling with a focus on marriage and family therapy.
She is also pursuing a doctorate in counseling education and supervision. That mix of education and practice informs a thoughtful, relationship-focused approach. Makeda works with a wide range of concerns beyond common mood issues, including grief, caregiving stress, body-image struggles, adoption and foster care questions, and addiction-related problems.
Her aim is to help people find clearer choices, steadier coping, and better communication in everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Makeda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Existential Therapy helps people consider meaning, responsibility, and the bigger questions that come with transitions or loss. It can be useful for grief, emptiness, major life choices, and when someone wants clearer personal direction.Client-Centered Therapy keeps the client's experience central. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people organize thoughts and feelings so they can make their own decisions.
Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping someone find internal reasons to change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to reduce ambivalence and build momentum for practical steps.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Makeda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as things change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues; phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break; live chat and text let someone check in more frequently or use brief updates between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule consistent sessions and keep therapy flexible around daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, and related areas listed in her specialties.
What is her style in therapy?
Her style is direct and listening-focused. She blends client-centered care with existential and motivational methods to help people name concerns and decide on next steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with a range of life and mental health challenges.
What credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices from South Carolina.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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