Lavana Kindle

Lavana Kindle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arkansas who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and career concerns. She writes books and has helped others publish. Lavana brings a calm, practical presence and a faith-informed perspective for people seeking clearer direction and steadier emotional footing.

Before moving to full-time private practice, Lavana spent many years in higher education and agency settings. She taught and held administrative roles at Southern Arkansas University for 13 years and later worked at Newhaven Counseling and Health Services. These roles shaped her practical approach to problem solving and working through difficult experiences.

Lavana blends therapeutic conversation with practical tools. She helps people name what’s happening, notice patterns, and try small changes that feel manageable. Sessions include listening, reflective questions, and straightforward strategies tailored to each person’s goals.

Her background includes counseling around trauma, spiritual concerns, and relationships. She has also supported people dealing with grief, guilt, forgiveness, and finding purpose. Lavana’s style is steady and down-to-earth; she draws on life experience as well as years in counseling roles.

Outside of practice, Lavana enjoys family life in Camden, Arkansas. She and her husband have a long marriage and a large extended family. She also likes travel, cooking, sewing, and playing flute and harmonicas on her church praise team.

Approaches that reduce anger and build coping skills

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical steps and understanding emotions. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches breath work, grounding, and short behavioral changes to interrupt angry reactions and reduce immediate intensity. This helps when anger feels sudden or overwhelming and the goal is steadier responses.

Another approach emphasizes processing past hurt and trauma so current anger is easier to manage. This involves talking through difficult memories, naming what still matters, and learning to recognize how past events shape current reactions. It can be useful when anger is linked to long-standing pain or unresolved loss.

Finding the right method is part of the work. A therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on skills practice, deeper processing, or a mix of both as needs change over time.

Confirm session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, let people join from different locations, and reduce travel time. It also allows shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or audio-only meetings when video is not preferred.