About Kiana
Kiana Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She writes and speaks plainly, and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach aims to make therapy feel manageable instead of overwhelming for someone juggling daily life.
She draws on five years of clinical work in both independent practice and public agencies. That blend gives her familiarity with brief problem-solving and longer-term care.
Background and approach
Kiana earned a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from South University. In sessions she commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. She pairs that with solution-focused methods to set clear, achievable goals and track progress from week to week.
Mindfulness and motivational techniques are added when people want help with awareness, stress management, or moving past avoidance. Kiana supports people dealing with trauma, addictions, intimacy or body image concerns, parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and work or career transitions. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, guilt and shame, and mood disorders including bipolar concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kiana works with each person to build practical coping skills and small, steady changes that fit daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to each person. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps build a stronger sense of what someone wants to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, identifies patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to shift them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and many stress-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kiana will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then jointly choose methods to try. She adapts strategies over time based on what helps, so the plan stays focused and relevant to the client’s needs.
Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers scheduling flexibility and different ways to stay connected. Video is good for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone can fit shorter check-ins or low-bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging works for quick check-ins or when typing is easier. These formats let people use therapy around work, parenting, and travel while keeping the work practical and goal oriented.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English