About Kendra
Dr. Kendra Stuke is a Kansas-licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the challenges that come with parenting and life transitions.
Dr. Stuke also works with issues such as trauma and ADHD and supports those coping with grief, low self-esteem, or relationship strain. She has focused much of her practice on children, youth, teens, and young adults facing trauma, abuse, ADHD, and anxiety.
Background and approach
She also sees adults who need help moving through life changes or rebuilding after difficult events. Sessions are aimed at practical steps clients can use between meetings. Her style centers on listening first and building on each person's strengths.
She uses approaches that include attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered care to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Mindfulness and narrative work are also part of how she helps people make sense of their experiences. Dr.
Stuke emphasizes collaboration and clear goals. She helps people set manageable steps and tracks progress together. The tone in sessions is supportive and straightforward, aimed at helping people get unstuck and regain confidence.
People who reach out can expect a mix of practical strategies and conversations about meaning and relationships. The focus is on usable tools for everyday life, improving communication, and reducing overwhelming feelings. She offers services in English and practices from Kansas as a KS LSCSW.
How therapeutic approaches and online sessions work together
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior, helping people understand connection patterns and build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and tackle ADHD-related challenges. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience, offering empathetic listening and helping people find their own solutions and goals.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches collaboratively and adjust as needed. That shared planning helps tailor sessions to everyday needs and personal strengths.
Online formats provide flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from different locations, phone sessions work when video isn't possible, live chat fits short check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for quick updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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