About Kandie
Kandie Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She works with individuals coping with depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and related concerns. Kandie aims to create a supportive space where people feel heard and able to talk through hard moments.
She centers the work on each person's strengths and resilience. Sessions focus on practical tools that people can use day to day to reduce stress and build confidence.
Background and approach
Kandie emphasizes honest collaboration so clients help shape the goals and pace of therapy. Her background includes a Master’s degree in Social Work from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, and five years of clinical experience. Kandie draws from a mix of approaches and tailors them to the issues a person brings to sessions.
In practice she blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. She also uses solution-focused strategies to set achievable steps and track progress over time. This mix helps with anxiety, mood, coping after trauma, and improving everyday communication.
People describe Kandie as down-to-earth and practical in session. Outside of work she enjoys gardening, quilting, reading, walking and hiking, and spending time with her dog and family. She supports clients in California and works to make the process straightforward and realistic.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist offers nonjudgmental support and follows the client's lead to set goals and next steps, which can help when anxiety or low self-esteem make decisions feel overwhelming.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions teach practical skills to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.
Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention practices to help reduce reactivity and build calm. These exercises are short and can be used between sessions to manage stress or upsetting memories.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. This may mean trying a mix of strategies and adjusting over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when you want face-to-face conversation, phone calls work with lower bandwidth, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing and fit therapy into busy days. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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