About Kendra
Kendra Riley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 16 years of practice to people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strain, depression, and grief. She works from Indiana and draws on long experience helping people cope when life changes feel overwhelming. Kendra focuses on listening first and helping each person find their own strengths.
She trained at the Indiana University School of Social Work and holds LCSW credentials in Indiana and Illinois.
Background and approach
Over the years she has helped people address relationship concerns, addictions, self-esteem struggles, and family conflict. Her work includes practical conversations about what is getting in the way and small steps toward change. Kendra’s style is straightforward and warm.
She avoids one-size-fits-all plans and instead tailors sessions to what a person needs that week. She uses collaborative discussion to build motivation and quick, doable strategies that can be put into practice between sessions. Sessions may include talking through immediate problems, setting short-term goals, and checking progress.
She often helps people notice personal strengths and on-ramps for change, then supports follow-through with realistic steps. People looking for steady, patient guidance find her approach useful. Evening appointments are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Kendra aims to make beginning therapy clear and manageable, and she works with each person to set goals and pace the work.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting partnership. The therapist follows the person’s lead, helps them name what matters, and supports decisions that fit their life. This approach is useful for people who want a steady, understanding listener while they sort through feelings.Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and boosts readiness to act. It uses questions and reflections to clarify goals and reduce resistance, which can help with addictions, habit change, or increasing follow-through on plans.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kendra will discuss how these styles fit your needs and may blend them to match your goals and preferences. That process is collaborative - you and the therapist decide what to try and adjust as you go.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you work face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions are a good alternative when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or to fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy going amid changing schedules and life demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Addictions
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Illinois
- Languages
- English