Louise Kenny, LCSW

Louise Kenny is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people through major life changes. She draws on a human-centered approach to listen closely and find clear, practical ways forward. Her work is calm and direct, aimed at helping people feel seen and understood.

Over the years she has supported people coping with grief and loss, addiction, trauma and abuse, and challenges related to sexual orientation. She also helps with anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and relationship concerns. Louise pays attention to how shame, guilt, and fear show up in daily life.

Her practice blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral ideas and existential thinking. That means sessions can include talking through painful emotions, looking at patterns of thought and behavior, and finding meaning when life feels uncertain. Solutions-focused techniques are used when quicker, goal-directed work is helpful.

Louise also brings Jungian perspectives when dreams, symbols, or deeper personal narratives are meaningful to a person’s process. She adapts her style to what each person needs, whether that is short-term problem solving or a longer conversation about life purpose.

People who reach out should expect a collaborative tone. She asks questions, offers observations, and invites clients to choose the next steps. The emphasis is on hearing your story, identifying what matters now, and shaping practical steps to move forward.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. Online sessions under this approach start with the therapist hearing your story and following what matters most to you, which helps when sorting through grief, caregiving strain, or relationship stress.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and uses practical steps to change them. In online work this often means setting small, doable goals between sessions and checking progress during video or messaging exchanges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust over time. Decisions about focusing on meaning, daily skills, or brief solution steps are made collaboratively.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people choose what fits their schedule and energy. Video is useful for in-depth conversations, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.