About Kendra
Kendra Scanlon is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced in California since 2019. She brings six years of experience supporting people through hard seasons. Kendra’s work often centers on helping clients move from merely surviving to feeling more confident and motivated.
She has worked in a variety of settings with a wide range of people. Kendra helps people manage stress and anxiety and addresses low mood and mood dysregulation.
Background and approach
She also supports clients dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and challenges around eating. Kendra pays attention to how self-esteem and body image affect daily life. She helps people build self-love and steady confidence through practical steps.
Sessions focus on small, doable changes that add up over time. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Kendra listens first, then helps set clear goals.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and skills practice, tailoring work to each person’s needs. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through what matters most. Kendra aims to help people find clearer priorities, better coping tools, and a greater sense of agency.
Taking the first step matters, and she supports people through the process.
Online approaches that focus on practical change
Many clients benefit from brief, skills-focused methods that teach coping tools and mood regulation. These approaches emphasize hands-on strategies such as breathing, grounding, activity planning, and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and lift low mood. They help with day-to-day stress and emotional ups and downs.Other evidence-based techniques focus on building self-esteem and improving body image through structured exercises. These methods guide people to challenge unhelpful self-talk, practice self-compassion, and try new behaviors that reinforce a healthier view of themselves. They can be useful for people working on self-love and confidence.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kendra will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit each person’s needs. She adjusts the plan over time based on what works and what doesn’t, so the work stays practical and goal-oriented.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or between-session reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English