About Kendra
Kendra Theroith is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 13 years of professional experience. She takes a straightforward, down-to-earth approach and aims to meet people where they are.
Background and approach
Kendra focuses on practical steps that people can use right away to feel steadier and more capable. She helps with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, depression, and low self-esteem.
She also offers support around relationship concerns, intimacy issues, parenting stress, career decisions, and burnout such as compassion fatigue. Kendra works with people navigating identity questions, including LGBT concerns, and assists those managing mood conditions and attention differences.
Kendra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors conversations to each person’s situation. Sessions are collaborative - she listens first, then builds a plan together that fits your needs and goals.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while keeping things practical. People who prefer clear guidance and doable steps tend to fit well with her style.
She provides a mix of talk therapy and problem-solving, aiming to boost confidence and coping skills over time. Kendra encourages small changes that add up to real differences.
Therapy with her is paced to what feels manageable. She supports motivation and helps people develop tools for day-to-day life.
Taking a first step can feel hard, and she focuses on holding that space while you move forward.
How Kendra Uses Evidence-Based Tools Online
Kendra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach emphasizes building skills - like stress management, communication, and problem-solving - that make day-to-day life easier and more manageable.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences, then suggest options and adjust methods as you go. Clients and therapist work together to choose techniques that feel most useful and realistic for current life demands.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you see facial cues and have longer sessions. Phone sessions can be a good fit when internet bandwidth is limited or when an audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short, focused check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English