About Kenneth
Kenneth Markovic uses a mix of practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and addictions. He is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 14 years of experience. Kenneth focuses on building clear goals and steady progress so people can feel more in control of daily life.
He draws on attachment-based ideas to untangle relationship patterns and on cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical skills are used when emotions feel overwhelming and need better regulation. Sessions emphasize small, manageable changes and tools that people can use between meetings. His background includes work in clinical therapy, school social work, and case management.
That mix gives him experience with workplace stress, family conflict, and school-related pressure. He has worked with people dealing with addiction, traumatic group involvement, grief, chronic illness, and body image concerns. Kenneth approaches each person as the expert on their life.
He listens first, then helps set practical steps tailored to the person’s priorities. The focus is on clear communication, problem solving, and building strengths that last. Therapy can cover a wide range of topics such as abandonment and attachment issues, communication problems, codependency, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
Sessions aim to help people make steady, visible changes in how they think, feel, and handle challenging situations.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early attachments shape current reactions. Online sessions use conversation and reflective exercises to help people notice and change those patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In remote sessions CBT uses step-by-step practice, homework, and simple tracking to build new habits.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to goals and try methods that match the person's needs. That process is collaborative - adjustments are made over time so the approach fits the person and the problem being worked on.
Online formats offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, homework review, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English