Kenita Perry-Bell, LCSW

Kenita Perry-Bell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience as a therapist and life coach. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and issues with self-esteem and anger. Kenita also supports clients coping with addiction, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, relationship and family stresses, and major life transitions.

Kenita has a background in behavioral health and has provided services for people affected by substance use. She is a breast cancer survivor and offers understanding to women and family members who are navigating cancer-related challenges. Her long experience includes helping people with caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, and the emotional effects of separation and loss.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions emphasize respect, compassion, and practical steps people can use between meetings. She blends different approaches to match what a person needs rather than using a single method for everyone.

Kenita commonly uses cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on client-centered listening, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic perspective when it fits the situation. Together these shape a flexible plan aimed at clear, manageable goals.

People who choose Kenita can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together. She frames therapy as coaching plus therapy when helpful, offering tools, feedback, and encouragement as clients work toward change.

How Kenita’s Approaches Work Online

Kenita commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns and behaviors that fuel anxiety, depression, or problematic habits. CBT focuses on practical exercises and skills that can be practiced between sessions and adapted to daily life.

She also uses client-centered therapy to create a listening, nonjudgmental space where the client directs much of the work. That approach helps people feel understood and clarifies goals. Mindfulness therapy is another tool she brings in to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Kenita will work collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls approximate an in-person meeting and suit deeper reflection, phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people send updates or questions between meetings. These options help therapy fit into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.