About Tony
Tony McKee is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. He helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression, and major life changes. He believes the first step toward support takes courage and acknowledges that effort.
Tony views each person as the expert of their story. He looks for strengths clients already have and uses those strengths to tackle current problems. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
His work often centers on everyday problems like managing worry, adjusting after a loss, and finding balance while caregiving. He also supports people coping with chronic illness or pain and those working through guilt, forgiveness, or questions about life purpose and self-worth. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented.
Tony combines structured techniques with open conversation to help people see patterns and try small changes. He explains ideas plainly and helps clients pick approaches that fit their life and values. Tony has experience across clinical settings over two decades and brings that background into how he plans care.
He welcomes people who want steady, practical support and who prefer clear steps alongside thoughtful listening.
Approaches that shape online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. It offers simple tools to break unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood. Motivational Interviewing focuses on what matters to the person and helps strengthen motivation for change. It can be useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about making a change.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then they will try approaches that fit and adjust as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits busy lives. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates or ask quick questions between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain steady support while juggling work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English