About Kevin
Dr. Kevin Laughlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience based in New Jersey. He helps people handling stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.
He aims to make the first step feel manageable and affirms the courage it takes to start. He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to share thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
He encourages clear goals and small changes that add up over time. Kevin draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address a wide range of concerns. He works with clients on sleep problems, chronic pain or illness, and the emotional challenges that follow major life changes like divorce or loss.
He also helps people cope with feelings of guilt, shame, isolation, and struggles around money or purpose. Communication and decision-making are common themes in his work. He supports people dealing with control issues, impulsivity, infidelity, or difficulties with intimacy.
For those facing end-of-life matters or hospice-related stress, he provides focused emotional support. Sessions are offered in English and are available online for international clients as well. Kevin uses phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging formats to fit different schedules and needs.
He asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions based on availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kevin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. One approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and low mood; this helps with stress, worry, and depressive thinking. Another approach centers on building practical routines and behavioral changes to improve sleep, reduce impulsivity, and handle addictions by breaking problems into manageable steps.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, challenges, and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, and people are encouraged to give feedback about what works for them.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone calls use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity of care across locations.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English