About Kafayat
Kafayat (Ayoka) Hannah is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with 18 years of clinical experience in South Carolina. She offers caring, practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and identity concerns. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping someone feel steadier and more able to cope.
Her background includes long-term work with adults experiencing grief, compassion fatigue, and life transitions such as divorce or pregnancy.
How Kafayat works
She addresses mood and stress-related problems, sleep disruption, parenting pressures, and workplace challenges. Kafayat also focuses on issues often raised by LGBT clients and on intimacy-related concerns. In sessions she uses straightforward, collaborative methods.
She draws on client-centered work to create an affirming space and uses cognitive behavior techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also integrates solution-focused steps and motivational interviewing to set realistic goals and keep progress moving. Her style is practical and paced to the person’s needs.
Clients can expect clear tools for managing symptoms, plus time to talk through painful experiences and grief. Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve relationships, and strengthen self-esteem. Kafayat offers appointments that fit different lives, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
She accepts international clients and works in English, helping people make steady changes no matter where they live.
Kafayat lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kafayat works with
The areas below are the ones Kafayat selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience, and it helps people feel heard and respected while they sort through difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence actions and mood, and it offers clear steps to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved relationships, which can be helpful for intense emotions and chronic stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try specific techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to find methods that fit personality, schedule, and immediate needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a brief check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter updates, quick skill coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
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