About Derrick
Derrick Fowler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. He brings 15 years of clinical experience helping people untangle stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. Derrick keeps language plain and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
He sees each person as the expert on their life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Derrick offers straight talk about coping skills and ways to reduce overwhelming feelings.
How Derrick works
Therapy sessions often include techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches to notice and change unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness practices are used to help people stay grounded during hard moments. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about making a change.
Derrick also helps people facing relationship strains, intimacy-related concerns, family problems, and career stress. He works with issues such as anger, body image, eating-related struggles, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. First responder issues, compassion fatigue, and grief work are also part of his practice.
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text messages. Derrick explains options and helps each person pick the format that fits their routine and needs. The goal is steady progress and clearer direction, one step at a time.
Derrick lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Derrick works with
The areas below are the ones Derrick selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's goals, then shaping sessions around what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk and make choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to better manage intense emotions and relationship conflicts.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify needs, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools and strategies fit their goals and daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls work well for a full face-to-face session, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or shorter conversations between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain steady progress over time.
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A practical next step
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