Dr. Kendra Stuke, LSCSW

Dr. Kendra Stuke is a licensed clinical social worker in Kansas with 26 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns. Dr. Stuke works with clients across the lifespan to navigate life changes and difficult emotions.

She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. Attachment-based and client-centered approaches inform how she builds a trusting relationship and uses a person’s strengths to guide change. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are also part of her skill set when they fit a client’s goals.

Dr. Stuke has a long history of supporting people who have faced trauma, abuse, or attention-related challenges. She also helps with grief, intimacy questions, anger, and compassion fatigue. Her practice includes work related to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family stress, and aging concerns.

Sessions focus on practical steps clients can use between meetings. Conversations aim to be straightforward and goal-oriented, with room to reflect on personal stories and meanings. She encourages clients to try changes in small, manageable ways and to notice progress over time.

Her style combines warmth with clear tools and strategies. She invites clients to be active partners in deciding what matters most. The goal is steady, sustainable movement toward better coping and clearer relationships.

How online approaches like CBT and attachment work

Dr. Stuke uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. CBT tends to be goal-oriented and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by targeting specific patterns that maintain problems. Attachment-based therapy is about understanding how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when relationship worries, trust, or connection are central concerns by exploring how past bonds influence present reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about current needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest a plan that may combine methods. Clients and the therapist adjust the approach over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions and live chat can fit into a busy day or when lower bandwidth is needed. Text-based messaging is useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting around work, school, and family obligations.