About Kent
Kent Jarratt is a licensed clinical social worker with 37 years of experience. He practices in New Jersey and brings a calm, practical manner to sessions. Kent often works with people coping with stress and anxiety and aims to make therapy understandable and useful.
He adapts his approach to each person's needs and draws from several methods to shape treatment. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and small steps that can be used between appointments.
Background and approach
Kent can talk through worries about relationships, work, body image, addiction, grief, or life changes. Kent has a Masters in Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York. He holds LCSW and LCSW-R credentials in New Jersey and New York and has many years of practice and teaching experience in social work and counseling programs.
In addition to clinical work, Kent has taught T'ai Chi Chih and is involved with contemplative care practice in New York. Those interests influence his style, which often includes attention to breathing, present-moment awareness, and slowing down intense feelings. People who prefer straightforward conversation and step-by-step plans tend to find his style helpful.
He lays out options, checks in about what is working, and adjusts the plan as needed. Therapy is a collaborative process focused on making daily life feel more manageable.
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation. The therapist listens closely to what matters to the person and helps them find their own solutions for stress, anxiety, and life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It breaks concerns into small, manageable steps and teaches skills to reduce panic, ease anxiety, and change unhelpful habits.
Kent treats the choice of approach as a team decision. He will talk with each person about what feels most useful and adjust methods over time based on goals and progress. That collaborative process helps match techniques to real-life needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and feedback. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief updates, check-ins between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking.
These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping therapy focused on practical change and coping.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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