About Kenya
Kenya Evans-Pinckney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience in mental health and substance abuse care. She trained at Fordham University and builds on years of hands-on work in New York. Kenya combines practical methods with straightforward conversation to help people manage stress and anxiety.
She has worked in residential programs and a large nonprofit in New York. In those roles she provided individual and group counseling and supervised bicultural staff while overseeing program operations.
Background and approach
That background gives her a clear sense of how daily life and systems affect well-being. In sessions she uses familiar, evidence-based tools like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. She also draws on trauma-focused approaches when needed to address the effects of abuse and post-traumatic stress.
Conversations are goal-oriented and focused on what the person wants to change. Kenya helps people facing a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and parenting strain, workplace problems, grief from life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with substance use history and domestic violence effects.
Her style is direct and culturally aware. She works with each person to set clear steps and small goals. Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce symptoms so daily life feels more manageable.
Practical approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's goals. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps clarify priorities so sessions match what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple skills for changing unhelpful thought patterns and building new behaviors, which can help with anxiety and mood concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kenya will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they review what helps, adjust techniques, and track progress so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video works well for in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options let clients schedule care around work, childcare, and other obligations while keeping the focus on practical steps and skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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