About Kendra
Dr. Kendra Corning welcomes people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or changes tied to medical issues. She also helps people coping with trauma, substance concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD.
Dr. Corning practices from North Carolina and brings 12 years of professional experience to sessions. Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring work to each person's needs.
She treats clients with respect and without assumptions.
Background and approach
Short practical tasks between sessions are often suggested to help turn what is learned in session into real-life change. Dr. Corning uses a mix of approaches that include acceptance and commitment techniques, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical strategies, and mindfulness practices.
Those methods are used to manage symptoms and to build skills for everyday life. She has experience supporting people with long-term and complex diagnoses such as bipolar disorder and personality-related concerns, and she is familiar with neurodiversity across the lifespan. That background informs how she adapts interventions and pacing to match each person's unique situation.
Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and building coping skills that fit daily routines. Progress is treated as a team effort where client input shapes goals and methods. Dr.
Corning aims to help people find manageable ways to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Corning commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns.She approaches treatment as a collaboration. Together the therapist and client decide which methods fit best for the person's goals, symptoms, and daily life. Goals are reviewed and adjusted as progress is made so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues help, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging options support brief check-ins or ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while using the approaches that best match the client's situation.
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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