About Keith
Dr. Keith Cates is a licensed counselor who uses practical therapy methods to help people who feel stuck by stress, trauma, or major life changes. He brings 16 years of experience and aims to create clear, manageable steps for healing and growth.
He often begins by listening to what matters most to each person and then matches methods to those goals. Sessions focus on real problems like anxiety, low self-esteem, sleep trouble, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career stress.
Background and approach
He also addresses issues connected to trauma, compassion fatigue, and post-traumatic stress. Dr. Cates routinely incorporates approaches such as mindfulness to calm the nervous system, solution-focused work to set achievable goals, and EMDR when trauma memories are a central concern.
These tools are used in plain language and adapted to each person’s pace and comfort level. He explains what each step looks like and why it might help. He also works with people navigating nontraditional sexual cultures, polyamory, fatherhood questions, and concerns common to veterans and first responders.
Conversations cover practical coping skills, rebuilding safety, and restoring energy for daily life. Throughout therapy he emphasizes respect and sensitivity. The focus is on empowering people to make changes that fit their values and daily responsibilities.
He tailors the plan to the issues a person brings and supports steady progress over time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy invites people to talk about meaning, choice, and values. Online sessions using this approach help people sort through big life questions, deal with emptiness, and make decisions that match their priorities.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, focuses on reducing the emotional charge of traumatic memories. In remote sessions the therapist guides specific exercises and supports people as they revisit distressing memories to reduce their impact on daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what is most helpful and comfortable for you.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations where seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or for people who prefer typed communication. These options allow therapy to fit around work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English