Dr. Kia Everett, LPC

Dr. Kia Everett is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of practice in Pennsylvania. She uses practical approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to help people feel clearer about next steps and more confident in daily life.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and create clearer behavior plans. She also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities and values. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered when people need tools for emotion regulation and tolerating distress.

Dr. Everett has worked with a wide range of life problems, including relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy concerns, and coping with major life changes. She also offers support for people dealing with first responder stress, caregiver burden, adoption and foster care questions, and fertility or hospice-related challenges.

Over her career she has helped people facing trauma and abuse, workplace difficulties, and communication breakdowns. Sessions aim to build day-to-day coping skills, address codependency or control issues, and strengthen communication habits that reduce conflict.

Her approach is collaborative. People set goals together, try strategies between sessions, and make adjustments based on what works. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Dr. Everett often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy when working online. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-centered approaches keep each session focused on the person’s goals and values, letting conversations guide which skills to try next.

She may also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for people who need concrete emotion regulation tools and strategies for distress tolerance. DBT skills work well for managing strong feelings, improving communication, and reducing impulsive reactions, and they can be taught clearly over video or phone.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or homework between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.