Kendra Davis-Leighty, LSCSW, LCSW

Kendra Davis-Leighty is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. She uses a straightforward, respectful approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life. People who come to her can expect support for motivation, family conflict, and major life changes.

Kendra holds LSCSW and LCSW credentials and has five years of professional experience in clinical settings. She emphasizes practical steps clients can try between sessions. Conversations focus on what is most useful right now and on building small, doable skills that make daily life easier.

Her work includes attention to caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and workplace-related issues. She also addresses topics like communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, and finding life purpose. Panic symptoms, post-traumatic stress, and challenges around self-love and women's issues are within her stated focus areas.

Kendra blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening and mindfulness tools. She may also use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and motivational interviewing when those methods fit a person's goals. The overall aim is to help people gain clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and better coping skills.

Sessions are intended to be a collaborative process. Kendra works to create a calm, supportive space where people can name problems, try new strategies, and track what helps. Her style is encouraging and practical, geared toward everyday results rather than medical labels.

CBT and Mindfulness approaches in online care

Her work commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce stress and anxiety. CBT offers concrete tools for panic, worry, and workplace or relationship strains. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the person's own goals and perspective, offering empathy and reflective listening while you decide what changes matter most. When trauma memories are part of the story she may incorporate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address painful memories in a paced way.

Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they'll try methods that fit and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful over time.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversation and working with CBT exercises, phone can fit a tighter break in the day, and text or chat can work well for shorter check-ins or tracking progress between sessions. These options help people access care without long commutes and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent with everyday life.