About Kenya
Kenya Salas is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She has five years of professional experience helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and LGBTQ+ concerns. Kenya speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.
She focuses on practical work that helps people cope with life changes. Sessions are a place to talk through difficult feelings, process past hurt, and build clearer ways to handle daily stress.
Background and approach
Kenya emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere so people can speak honestly about what matters to them. Her background includes supporting people with attachment and family of origin issues, immigration-related stress, and challenges faced by veterans and first responders. She also helps with postpartum depression, gender dysphoria concerns, and questions about life purpose.
These topics often overlap, and Kenya helps people sort through how they affect one another. Kenya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. She aims for conversations that lead to practical strategies people can try between sessions.
Progress is paced to match a person’s goals and day-to-day routines. Therapy sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The process for starting is simple: select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many clients find structure and skill-building helpful, so Kenya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One approach focuses on grounding and coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress. It teaches simple steps to handle overwhelming feelings and regain a sense of control during hard moments.Another common focus is trauma-informed processing. This helps people safely talk through painful experiences and learn ways to reduce their long-term impact. It often includes pacing the work and practicing skills that support emotional regulation during and between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify what fits their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, childcare routines, or days when getting out is difficult.
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish