About Kendra
Dr. Kendra Corning offers calm, practical guidance for people struggling with stress and anxiety. She speaks plainly and helps clients break big problems into small, manageable steps.
Dr. Corning emphasizes respect and compassion, and she works with each person to shape a plan that fits their life. She has 12 years of experience as a North Carolina psychologist, NC Psychologist 5354.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing medical changes, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. Sessions focus on practical tools and real-world practice between meetings. She may suggest homework exercises to help change habits and apply new skills outside sessions.
The goal is to turn what is learned in therapy into lasting, everyday habits. Her style blends acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, and person-centered listening. She aims for collaborative work - clients set goals and she helps monitor progress and adjust strategies.
This approach suits people who want clear tools plus space to reflect. Dr. Corning welcomes people from diverse backgrounds without assumptions about their lives.
She works by listening first, then creating a tailored plan. For someone feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or major life stress, she offers steady support and concrete steps toward coping and recovery.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values. It helps people with anxiety and life changes move toward meaningful goals even when uncomfortable feelings remain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that maintain anxiety or depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and build steadier focus during stress.Finding the right mix of methods is a team effort. She will listen to your story, discuss options, and together decide which approaches fit your goals and preferences. Over time strategies can be adjusted based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and ongoing life responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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