About Frankie
Frankie McKelvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, and issues around identity and intimacy. Frankie uses straightforward talk and practical steps to help people move forward.
Frankie blends client-centered care with problem-focused methods. Sessions often include goal-setting, short exercises, and homework to practice new skills between meetings. She values collaboration and asks clients to take an active role in the work.
How Frankie works
Her background includes a decade of counseling people from diverse cultural backgrounds. She has supported clients facing addiction, body image and eating concerns, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout of life changes. Frankie also addresses adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, and blended family challenges.
In therapy she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories and Solution-Focused Therapy to build concrete steps toward change. Client-Centered Therapy guides the way she listens and responds to each person.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Frankie's approach emphasizes practical tools, clear communication, and steady support while clients work toward their goals.
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What Frankie works with
The areas below are the ones Frankie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Visually impaired
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Approach and online therapy options for real life needs
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person in front of her. It creates space for clients to describe what matters and for the therapist to follow their pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to change patterns that cause distress. These approaches help with anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Frankie works together with each client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and the issues at hand. That collaborative planning can shift over time as progress is made or needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward meaningful change.
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