- Acceptance and Commitment
- Mindfulness and yoga
- Neuroscience informed
About Kerry
Kerry Wischusen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with three years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family problems, grief, and career concerns, and notes a specific focus on feelings of guilt and shame. Kerry often meets people who carry more than they realize and begins by learning what’s hard for them in day-to-day life.
Kerry’s work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, presented through three connected skills she emphasizes: staying present, calming the nervous system, and cultivating self-compassion. Presence means grounding attention in the here and now and noticing unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled by them. Ease refers to learning practical ways the body returns to steadiness rather than avoiding hard feelings.
She also uses mindfulness meditation and yoga as lived practices, not just techniques to try once. That background informs how she teaches breath, posture, and attention as tools to regulate emotion. Kerry pairs those practices with current neuroscience about emotional regulation and behavior change.
Before introducing tools, Kerry focuses on listening closely to a person's patterns and history. She pays attention to how “hard” shows up in the body and daily routines, then works with the person to choose approaches that fit their life. Sessions aim to translate ideas into small, usable steps for managing overwhelming feelings.
People who feel disconnected from themselves or who struggle with anxiety, emotional dysregulation, relationship difficulties, or lingering guilt and shame may find her approach relevant. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort to understand patterns and try practical ways of responding differently.
How Kerry’s approaches fit with online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that reflect personal values. In practice that looks like learning simple attention skills, clarifying what matters, and trying small behavioral steps that align with those values. This approach is useful for persistent guilt, anxiety, and relationship patterns.Mindfulness meditation and yoga appear in her work as practical disciplines. She draws on breath and body awareness exercises to help people calm an overactive nervous system and reduce emotional reactivity. Those techniques can be practiced briefly between sessions and integrated into daily routines.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the early work. Kerry treats the choice of approach as collaborative and will help the client decide what feels workable based on their goals, history, and how a technique fits into their life. She listens first, then suggests experiments to see what helps.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Many people find online sessions useful because they can fit into a workday, require less travel time, or make it easier to try short check-ins. Licensed professionals often adapt mindfulness and ACT exercises to an online setting so they remain practical and do-able in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Kerry works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, grief, and career concerns. She lists guilt and shame among the issues she focuses on.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy skills to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them. That includes learning grounding practices, calming the nervous system, and developing self-compassion skills.
What is her clinical background and experience?
Kerry has three years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She combines contemplative practices with contemporary neuroscience in her work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in South Carolina.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.