Kendra Young

Kendra Young is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. She writes in a direct, compassionate way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her tone is warm and encouraging for someone ready to make changes.

Kendra draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when they fit the goal. Sessions aim to be collaborative, with clear next steps between meetings.

Over 12 years of work in counseling have included supporting people dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and career stress. She has worked with people affected by domestic violence and various forms of abuse. That background shapes a practical, safety-aware style in sessions.

Kendra tends to keep conversations interactive and focused on change. She prioritizes respect, empathy, and straightforward feedback. Together with each person she crafts a plan that fits that person’s life and goals.

People who want help managing anger, improving communication, or finding steadier coping tools may find her style useful. For those ready to take active steps, she offers coaching elements alongside counseling to help make lasting adjustments.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Kendra commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and build coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and trying concrete experiments to change them. DBT offers practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication.

She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people stay present and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises can be brief and fit easily into daily routines, which many people find useful when managing anger or anxiety. Choosing the best mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist and client decide together which techniques match the client’s goals and preferences.

Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, as this profile does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, sessions that avoid travel time, or options that work when lower bandwidth is needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and mindfulness exercises to work well in remote sessions so tools are practical and applied between meetings.