About Kerry
Kerry Adamek is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 10 years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical, straightforward support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and problems related to addiction. Kerry approaches care with respect for each person's story and strengths.
He centers sessions on what the client wants to change. Kerry treats conversations as teamwork. He helps people set clear goals and practices they can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to feel useful from the first few visits. Kerry draws on several evidence-based approaches to match the work to the person. He uses cognitive behavioral strategies to name and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
He combines this with client-centered listening to keep the person's priorities in focus. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help when addiction, behavior change, or immediate problem-solving are the main concerns. In sessions Kerry talks plainly and offers concrete steps.
He helps people manage impulses, handle family conflict, and navigate life changes such as divorce or blended family challenges. He also works with concerns like codependency, fatherhood issues, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. People meet with him in a range of online formats.
Kerry works in English and practices from Texas. He encourages small first steps and supports people as they try new strategies between sessions.
How Kerry’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life-direction questions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often helps with anxiety, mood symptoms, and impulse control. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to explore mixed feelings about change and support commitment to practical steps, which is helpful when addressing addictions or behavior change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then use one or more methods that fit. He treats this as a team effort and checks in as goals and circumstances shift.
Online therapy offers real flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth or mobility is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when a written record of homework and plans is helpful. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and keep progress moving between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English