Dr. Kia Everett

Dr. Kia Everett is a licensed professional counselor with thirty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and anger. She works with individuals seeking clearer thinking, steadier moods, and practical ways to cope when life feels overwhelming. Dr. Everett focuses on building a respectful, person-centered relationship as the foundation for change.

She uses straightforward methods that match each person’s situation. Sessions often include hands-on strategies for managing emotions, rebuilding trust after trauma, and improving self-esteem. Her work also addresses relationship problems, grief, bipolar mood concerns, and everyday challenges like workplace stress and caregiver strain.

Dr. Everett has long experience with first responder issues, veterans, and people from multicultural backgrounds. That experience informs how she listens and how she shapes treatment goals. She aims to help people find what works in their daily life, not just in therapy sessions.

Her approach draws on client-centered ideas and practical skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies. Emotion-focused and existential perspectives also inform conversations about meaning, values, and connection. Together these approaches help clients manage symptoms and make life changes.

Dr. Everett practices in Pennsylvania and holds LPC credentials. She emphasizes clear communication and collaboration, helping each person set realistic goals and track small wins over time.

How her approaches shape online work

Dr. Everett commonly blends client-centered listening with practical skillbuilding from cognitive behavioral therapy and distress-tolerance tools from dialectical behavior therapy. Client-centered therapy focuses on attentive listening and meeting a person where they are, helping clarify goals and strengths. Cognitive behavioral work breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete techniques for changing unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy offers specific skills for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Session format options are not specified here, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during a lunch break or between errands. They also allow shorter check-ins when a brief update is needed or quieter times of day can be chosen to reduce interruptions. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill practice to work well in remote appointments so therapy stays focused on practical change.