About Kennethya
Kennethya Smith-Johnson offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She explains things plainly and helps clients take small, practical steps toward feeling more able to cope. Kennethya encourages honest talk about thoughts and feelings and focuses on what matters most to each person.
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and also holds an Iowa independent social work license, LISW.
Background and approach
Kennethya has three years of professional experience working with people who need help navigating life changes, relationship concerns, anger, career pressures, and compassion fatigue. She also assists those dealing with ADHD and challenges tied to adoption, aging, illness, or caregiving. Her approach emphasizes listening first and then targeting skills that people can use between sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding. The client-centered side means sessions follow each person’s pace and priorities. Kennethya offers sessions in English from Arkansas and matches therapy methods to individual needs.
People can expect straightforward language, clear goals, and practical homework when it helps. She aims to make the work feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Kennethya treats that step as meaningful.
She helps people set simple, realistic goals and checks progress along the way. This practical, respectful style helps people build skills for everyday life.
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person sitting across from the therapist. Online, that means sessions begin with open conversation about what matters most. The therapist listens and follows the client’s pace, helping set goals that feel realistic for day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. In virtual sessions, CBT is used to notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior experiments. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and low self-esteem by teaching concrete skills that people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to practical needs rather than forcing a single method.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers written reflection. These options give flexibility for different routines while keeping the focus on usable tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Iowa
- Languages
- English