About Kendra
Kendra Riley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience. She holds an LCSW and practices with people in Indiana while also holding licensure in Illinois. Kendra focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress and anxiety and other everyday challenges.
She draws on straightforward, listening-based care. Sessions start with the client’s concerns and priorities. Kendra helps people find and use their strengths to manage depression, grief, relationship strain, and life changes.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing addictions, parenting stress, self-esteem concerns, and questions about sexual orientation and identity. Kendra prefers practical conversations over jargon. She avoids one-size-fits-all plans and works with each person to shape goals that fit their life.
Her style includes guiding questions and gentle motivation to try different options in between sessions. Her background includes a degree from the Indiana University School of Social Work and many years working with adults across a range of stressors. That experience informs how she helps clients break problems into small, doable steps.
She focuses on what can change now, not on blame. People who work with Kendra can expect clear, direct talk about coping strategies. Sessions may include short-term planning, problem solving, and checking progress.
She aims to support steady forward movement rather than quick fixes.
How Kendra’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s needs and choices. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client’s lead to set goals that matter to them. This approach helps when someone needs a space to sort feelings and make personal decisions.Motivational Interviewing uses guiding questions to uncover what matters most and to strengthen readiness for change. It is useful for addressing habits, addictions, or any goal where building motivation helps move things forward. Sessions focus on small, practical steps toward the changes a person wants.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. Kendra will talk with each person about their goals, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Clients help shape what comes next so therapy matches their needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well for longer discussions and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into evenings or busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Illinois
- Languages
- English
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