About Rodrecus
Rodrecus Atkinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of experience in mental health work. He helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship struggles, ADHD, and other life pressures. His style is direct but warm, and he emphasizes respect and compassion in sessions.
He uses practical strategies drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and related approaches to help people manage symptoms and change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions are interactive and grounded in real-life problems rather than abstract theory. Rodrecus encourages honest conversation and uses plain language so clients can act on what they learn. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances structure with empathy.
Rodrecus aims to meet people where they are in their journey and to adapt his approach to each person's needs. He avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on strengths and small, achievable steps toward change.
He has experience addressing a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including trauma and abuse, substance and behavioral addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stress, and career problems. Additional areas he works with include attachment issues, body image, codependency, and kink-informed care. Rodrecus practices in South Carolina and conducts sessions in English.
He frames therapy as a partnership and supports clients who want practical tools and clearer direction. If someone is ready to make changes, he offers steady guidance and straightforward feedback.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going; it is practical and often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD coping strategies, and sleep or eating concerns.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Rodrecus will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then try methods that fit the person's needs. He adapts tools over time and checks in so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options aim to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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