About Kendra
Kendra Theroith is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with 13 years of experience. She takes a practical, down-to-earth approach and meets people where they are. Kendra focuses on helping with stress and anxiety, grief and loss, motivation, self esteem, confidence, and depression.
She centers sessions on respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Conversations are tailored to each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Kendra aims to make therapy feel approachable and straightforward for people who are unsure where to begin.
Background and approach
In sessions she works with common life challenges like relationship worries, career stress, parenting strain, anger, and coping with major changes. She also supports people navigating trauma, intimacy issues, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes long-term clinical work across these areas, so she draws on practical tools clients can try between appointments.
Kendra builds a treatment path together with each person, adjusting pace and methods as needed. She emphasizes clear goals and small steps that fit everyday life. Many people find this helpful when anxiety or grief make forward motion feel hard.
Her practice offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Sessions are scheduled through a simple matching and booking process so people can pick a format that fits their routine.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many therapists who focus on anxiety and related concerns use cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors. This approach breaks problems into small steps and teaches practical skills for managing worry and low mood.Another common approach emphasizes building emotional awareness and coping skills for grief, trauma, and relationship stress. That work often includes learning how to name feelings, practice self-compassion, and try small experiments to change what isn’t working.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kendra will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and situation. She favors a collaborative style where the plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, frequent touchpoints between appointments for coaching-style support or brief check-ins. These options give flexibility to choose what suits someone’s routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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