About Kwan
Kwan Carlos is a licensed clinical social worker (LISW-CP) practicing in South Carolina. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, and grief. Her style is direct but warm, aiming to make hard conversations feel more manageable for busy parents and adults.
Carlos focuses on what led to current struggles, including attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and codependent patterns. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and then build small, practical steps to shift them.
How Kwan works
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented rather than a lecture. Her background includes seven years of clinical experience working with people facing caregiving stress, cancer-related distress, fatherhood questions, fertility and first responder issues. She also supports people coping with guilt, shame, isolation, divorce and disruptive mood challenges.
Carlos draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. In therapy she blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques. Mindfulness tools and motivational interviewing help people stay engaged while they try new behaviors.
This mix is used to reduce symptoms and build clearer choices in daily life. Conversations include setting realistic goals, practicing new skills between sessions, and checking progress regularly. Carlos offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She works in English and holds the South Carolina LISW-CP credential.
Kwan lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Kwan works with
The areas below are the ones Kwan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW-CP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| 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
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Attachment-based therapy helps people understand patterns from close relationships and how those patterns affect current stress and trust. It is useful for work on abandonment fears, commitment concerns, and building steadier connections. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. It is practical for worries, depression, and measurable symptoms. Client-centered therapy emphasizes accepting, nonjudgmental listening so clients can lead the pace of work and feel heard while they sort things out.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. Carlos will collaborate with each person to match these methods to their goals and preferences. That means reviewing what feels most helpful, trying techniques in sessions, and adjusting the plan if needed. The process aims to be flexible and respectful of the client’s pace.
Online therapy offers several ways to stay connected. Video calls let people read facial cues and do more involved exercises. Phone sessions work when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick reflections, daily check-ins, or someone who prefers typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still working toward meaningful change.
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