About Kevin
Kevin Sockwell is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 32 years of professional experience. He holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC. He focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, or low self-esteem.
He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through difficult feelings. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Kevin emphasizes listening first, then working together on steps that fit each person's life.
How Kevin works
Kevin blends several approaches to match what each person needs. He uses client-centered work to follow the client's pace and priorities. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking patterns and responses.
Mindfulness practices are offered to build awareness of thoughts and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding or strengthening the desire to change. Narrative methods can help reorder difficult stories and find new meanings.
Typical issues he addresses include addictions, relationship strain, family of origin concerns, grief, parenting stress, ADHD, and obsessive or compulsive patterns. He also supports people facing midlife transitions, guilt and shame, and men's issues. Sessions are available in English and offered through a range of online formats.
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What Kevin works with
The areas below are the ones Kevin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches and how online sessions work
Kevin uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s lead, focusing on listening and building a respectful working relationship. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard before changing anything. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, obsessive or compulsive patterns, and many stress reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kevin will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That collaboration means techniques can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging let someone check in between sessions or use shorter updates. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and practical for everyday life.
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