Theresa Grodi-Kennon, LCSW

Theresa Grodi-Kennon is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral therapy to help people facing stress, depression, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She draws on 21 years in mental health to guide straightforward conversations and skill-building. Her style is warm and encouraging and she focuses on real steps that fit daily life.

Theresa spent many years working in psychiatric hospitals and later moved into outpatient and private practice work. That background means she is familiar with intense moments and the steady work of recovery afterward. She helps people sort through overwhelming feelings and regain a sense of control.

Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Theresa teaches coping skills, sleep strategies, and ways to handle anger, stress, and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness concerns, body image and eating issues, and the strain of major life changes.

Conversations are collaborative and grounded in practical tools. Theresa listens, offers perspective, and helps set small, achievable goals. She emphasizes problem solving and rebuilding confidence step by step.

Theresa works with adults across a broad range of concerns including bipolar disorder, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Her approach blends cognitive behavior techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas, emotion-focused work, client-centered listening, and psychodynamic insight to match each person’s needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Theresa combines cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build useful habits. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take meaningful action even when difficult feelings remain.

She also brings client-centered listening into sessions, offering empathy and space for people to speak openly while working together to find what helps. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will help you decide based on your goals, symptoms, and what feels most comfortable in session.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, caregiving, or busy days while keeping focus on practical skill building and problem solving.