About Kendra
Kendra Covington is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience in Iowa. She focuses on relationships, family issues, trauma and intimacy concerns, and helps people manage stress, anxiety, and mood struggles. Her approach is respectful and compassionate, and she adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs.
Kendra draws on several evidence-based methods to guide sessions in straightforward ways. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take small steps toward what matters.
How Kendra works
Cognitive behavioral tools are used to spot patterns of thought and test new behaviors. Attachment-informed work looks at how past connections affect present relationships. Sessions are meant to feel collaborative.
She listens first, then helps people set clear, achievable goals. Practical skills for emotion regulation and communication are introduced and practiced during appointments. Short-term strategies and longer-term planning are both options depending on what someone wants.
Kendra also brings experience addressing addiction, grief, caregiver strain, and issues like codependency, infidelity, or blended family stress. She supports people managing ADHD, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue after demanding roles. Work often combines skills training with reflection on values and relationships.
People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire to match goals and then schedule sessions that fit their calendars. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Kendra lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Kendra works with
The areas below are the ones Kendra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy for relationships and healing
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to tolerate difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections influence current relationships and helps people change interaction patterns that cause distance or conflict. It is helpful for intimacy issues, jealousy, and family of origin concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to test and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, which can reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then recommend techniques and tests to see what feels useful. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed; live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, ask questions, or process between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy routines while still working toward relationship and emotional goals.
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