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Demetrius King

LPC, LPCC

Demetrius King, LPC, LPCC

Compassionate CBT-focused counselor for life challenges

Licensed in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina
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About Demetrius

Demetrius King is a licensed professional counselor with a focus on practical, goal-oriented work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with other approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns. She brings 14 years of professional experience and a straightforward, respectful manner to each session.

Her style is conversational and action-focused. She helps people set clear goals, try small behavior changes, and notice what works. Sessions include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking progress. Conversations are adapted to each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all script.

Demetrius also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current patterns. That perspective can help with intimacy issues, codependency, and commitment worries. Mindfulness techniques are used to manage strong emotions and reduce the grip of worry or rumination.

She has worked with people facing career transitions, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and the effects of adoption or abandonment. She also supports those coping with substance use, domestic violence aftermath, and grief after loss. Her broad experience helps when problems overlap rather than fitting neatly into one label.

Clients who prefer flexible contact options will find video, phone, live chat, or text messaging available. Demetrius invites people to begin with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that fit their needs.

How online therapy uses practical approaches

Demetrius often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior experiments. CBT focuses on changing thought and behavior patterns that feed anxiety, depression, and stress, and it often includes homework between sessions to build new habits.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current intimacy and trust. That work helps when people notice repeating relationship habits, commitment worries, or codependent behaviors. Client-centered techniques guide the pace and focus of sessions, making sure the conversation follows the person's priorities and values.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to use based on their goals, comfort level, and life demands. That means trying methods, checking how they fit, and adjusting as needed rather than committing to one rigid path.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video is good for face-to-face conversations and skill demonstrations, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching-style contact. These options give flexibility so therapy can continue even when schedules or locations change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does this counselor address?

Common concerns include stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, anger, low self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes.

What is the therapeutic style and approach?

Work is practical and goal-oriented using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered and mindfulness-informed techniques to build skills and change unhelpful patterns.

How much experience does the therapist have?

The counselor has 14 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life and relationship concerns.

What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?

Credentials shown are LPC and LPCC with licensure noted in Tennessee and Kentucky, and practice listed in Tennessee.

Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are offered?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Anger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina

Languages

English

License and registration

LPC, Virginia
0701007984
LPC, Tennessee
5898
LPCC, Kentucky
171431
LCMHC, North Carolina
20744
NPI (National Provider Identifier)
1093255499

As listed on the therapist's professional profile. You can check a license with the state licensing board and an NPI in the national registry.

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