About Kendal
Kendal Martin is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Kentucky. She brings four years of front-line experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and challenges with self-esteem. Kendal emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that centers each person's voice and strengths.
She invites clients to take small steps and celebrates the courage it takes to begin therapy. Clients can expect simple, direct conversation about what feels hard right now.
Background and approach
Kendal listens first, then works with people to set clear, manageable goals. She uses practical tools and exercises people can use between sessions to reduce worry and build confidence. Her work often addresses trauma and abuse, addictions, and emotional pain tied to abandonment or adoption and foster care experiences.
Kendal also supports people dealing with body image, guilt and shame, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues. She adapts interventions based on the concern and the person's pace. Therapeutic methods include client-centered work that follows the person's priorities, cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, and other evidence-informed techniques.
Kendal emphasizes collaboration so clients shape the plan. Sessions focus on practical coping skills, clearer communication, and rebuilding self-trust. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes, with tools that fit everyday life.
Kendal welcomes questions and walks alongside people as they figure out the next steps.
How Kendal uses practical approaches online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist creates a space where people describe their priorities and decide what matters most to work on. This approach helps when someone needs understanding and to make sense of their own feelings.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Kendal uses simple exercises to identify unhelpful thinking and to try new responses. CBT is often useful for anxiety, low mood, and worry because it gives concrete steps to practice between sessions.
Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and grounding skills that reduce reactivity. Short breathing or grounding practices can make strong emotions easier to sit with and manage in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kendal will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they pick methods and adjust them as progress is made so therapy fits the person's life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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