About Charlotte
Dr. Charlotte Kennedy helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship pain, and phobias. She brings forty years of clinical work in Tennessee and aims to make therapy straightforward and helpful.
Her style is warm and focused on practical steps people can use between sessions. She uses clear talk and evidence-informed methods to address worries, sleep problems, eating concerns, and anger. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, caregiving stress, and life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple exercises to practice coping and communication skills. Dr. Kennedy draws on Client-Centered ideas to listen closely and shape care around each person.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are offered to calm the body and steady attention when anxiety or overwhelm arise. Across forty years of work she has seen a wide range of life issues, including career strain, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family problems, and first responder stress.
That experience helps her tailor practical plans people can follow at home and at work. People describe her approach as direct but compassionate, focusing on what will change symptoms and improve daily life. She works with adults on parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and concerns tied to aging and health.
Dr. Kennedy holds the credential TN Psychologist 671 and conducts sessions in English in Tennessee.
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Dr. Kennedy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, phobias, and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on attentive listening and meeting people where they are, so treatment fits each person's goals and values.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy when helpful, teaching short attention and breathing practices to reduce physical tension and ground focus during moments of stress. Together, these approaches give both skills and space to process difficult feelings. Deciding which methods to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what feels most useful.
Online sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for in-depth work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make scheduling and continuity easier for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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