Louise Kenny, LCSW

Louise Kenny is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate major life shifts. She meets individuals where they are and works alongside them to find clearer footing during hard times. Her work often centers on grief, addiction, LGBT concerns, relationships, and self-worth.

Louise frames each person as an unfolding story. She listens closely to what someone says and what matters to them. From there she collaborates on a practical path forward that fits the person’s goals and daily life. Sessions balance direct problem-solving with space to reflect on meaning and values.

Her background blends humanistic and existential approaches with practical techniques. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used when it helps change unhelpful thinking or behavior. Solution-focused steps are brought in for short-term goals and clearer next steps.

Louise has supported people through loss, addiction, family-of-origin struggles, caregiver stress, and illness-related concerns. She also addresses anger, shame, and isolation, and helps clients rethink life purpose and self-love. Her approach is steady and respectful, aiming to help someone feel seen and heard.

People who want both honest conversation and workable strategies find her style useful. She invites clients to treat hard experiences as sources of learning while keeping attention on what can be done now.

How Louise's Approaches Work Online and in Conversation

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help someone feel heard and clearer about what matters. This approach is helpful for grief, shame, and decisions about life direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses straightforward steps to test new ways of thinking and small behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that make sense. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online formats can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, and remove travel time so people can meet more consistently. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, session length, and how to approach practical issues like follow-up between meetings.