Frankie McKelvin
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
South Carolina therapists accepting new clients
Michael PfistererLCSW · 14 years experienceAddictions · Self esteem · Stress, AnxietyWork with Michael
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About Frankie
Hello, my name is Frankie McKelvin. I am licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) from SC Board for Labor Licensing Regulations (SCLLR), License #7124. I am a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA). My clients vary from different cultural and diverse backgrounds. The clients with whom I work are psychologically and emotionally healthy and are seeking counseling for challenges arising from difficult life events. Some clients are facing more difficulties than others. However, I do not take on clients whom I cannot help using the techniques and knowledge I have available to me, or in areas that I am not trained in. I work with all individuals in life stages from adolescence through late senior years, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Also, I do consider my specialty to be working with family and couples, LGBTQ populations, and their individual and family issues.
In order for a client to be successful, the counseling experience includes active involvement in the process, as well as my own. Collaboratively, we will work to resolve your concerns and, hopefully, to improve the quality of your emotional life. You will be asked to apply yourself during and between sessions on a weekly basis. There may be homework assignments, including journaling, thinking about certain topics related to your situation, or completing other appropriate projects. All of these tasks are geared towards helping you to achieve the goals that we have identified for you in counseling.
I take an educational approach to helping clients with their concerns and my counseling is based on these philosophies: Adlerian Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy.
What Frankie helps with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
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- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Visually impaired
How Frankie works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Good service, great therapist!”
- “So happy and pleased”
- “Patient and caring”
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- “Frankie is amazing.”
- “She's very supportive she gives me good techniques on how to deal with my problems she helps me to explain my problems when I can't really bringing out the way I want to with that said I come away feeling much better about myself and able to deal with my problems better and she makes me feel comfortable and she's a very good listener I appreciate her very much”
- “Frankie is very caring, respectful and knowledgeable. Has helped me very much”
- “Ms. Frankie is a jewel! She makes me feel heard and appreciated. She has a nurturing, warm, spirit. Makes me feel like I'm talking to my Mom! I absolutely love her!”
- “Just in two sessions I feel like we have gotten a lot out of doing counseling. Our therapist is great. Mrs. McKelvin is attentive, doesn’t show favoritism, neutral to both sides, compassionate, and knowledgeable and gives eye to detail and offers so much more. I can’t wait to see where things continue to go.”
- “Frankie was great. She listened intently and was very professional.”
- “Ms. Frankie is the absolute BEST!”
- “Frankie has been an enormous help to my daughter , and has been incredibly professional and diligent in our interactions. Wholeheartedly recommend her to others !:)”
- “She is awesome, very engaging and helpful with given you a space for you and/or your spouse to express yourself. Frankie is always early to meetings and communicates with you in-between sessions.”
- “Frankie is a true person! She is very knowledgeable and if she doesn’t know something she will go out of her way to find it. She has been a life saver to me. She has always responded and encouraged me to try new things to make matters better for ME. She’s a wonderful person!”
- “She's wonderful, I've gotten prospective, advice, and support from are sessions. I have been able to manage and grow alot since we started! 10/10 from me!”
- “I love Mrs.frankie! She gives great advice and listen very well. I would definitely recommend her to any and everyone.”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.