About Kendra
Dr. Kendra Corning is a psychologist licensed in North Carolina who offers steady, practical care for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. She draws on 12 years of experience to help people manage upsetting symptoms and make everyday life feel more manageable.
She focuses on clear, collaborative work. Sessions mix conversation with simple strategies to try between meetings. Those suggestions are meant to change habits and help new ways of coping stick in daily life.
Background and approach
Her style centers on respect and sensitivity. She listens for each person’s priorities and adapts the plan based on what the person says works best. The approach is flexible rather than one-size-fits-all.
Dr. Corning uses techniques from acceptance and commitment methods, cognitive behavior tools, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior approaches depending on the concern. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep the process grounded in each person’s goals and values.
Her background includes work with a wide range of complex diagnoses and long-term mental health needs, alongside common concerns such as sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. That experience supports practical problem-solving and steady progress. People who want straightforward guidance, clear practice tasks between sessions, and a calm partner in figuring out next steps may find her approach helpful.
She holds the credential NC Psychologist 5354 and practices from North Carolina.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can help with worry, depression, and struggles that feel hard to move past. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical skills to change patterns that keep problems going, such as sleep issues, anxiety, or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and attention challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and responsive.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth sessions and teaching skills that benefit from visual demonstration. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are good for quick notes, brief coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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