About Kendra
Kendra Spiva offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and changes in relationships. She introduces straightforward, compassionate conversation so clients can feel heard and start to make small changes. Kendra's style is warm and respectful, and she focuses on what matters most to each person who reaches out.
With six years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Illinois, she draws on several evidence-based approaches.
How Kendra works
Kendra blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive techniques and mindfulness exercises to help people manage overwhelming thoughts and emotions. She also uses attachment-focused and client-centered methods to strengthen self-understanding and improve communication patterns. Sessions focus on real-life steps clients can try between meetings.
Kendra helps identify values and goals, challenge unhelpful thinking, and practice new habits that fit day-to-day life. She pays attention to how past relationships shape present feelings and works to increase self-compassion and confidence. Kendra has worked with people dealing with intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions.
Her additional focus areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, blended family issues, and aging and geriatric concerns. She also supports people processing abandonment, infidelity, divorce, and family conflict. Kendra tailors each plan to the individual rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
She encourages steady progress through small, practical steps and clear goals. If someone prefers a direct plan or a gentler, reflective pace, she adapts to that rhythm.
Kendra lists 7 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Kendra’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take action consistent with those values, even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, grief, and major life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve functioning, which is useful for stress and low self-esteem. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness for managing anxiety and persistent worry.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan over time until it fits the client's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility needs while still using the chosen therapeutic approaches.
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