About Kendra
Kendra Covington uses a blend of practical therapy methods to help people navigate relationship and family concerns. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in Iowa with 15 years of experience.
Background and approach
Kendra focuses on clear, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, and intimacy challenges. She works to make sessions straightforward and goal oriented.
Conversations are tailored to each person’s situation. Kendra draws from approaches that help with emotions, behavior patterns, and attachment needs so clients can make changes that feel sustainable.
Kendra has helped people dealing with trauma and abuse and those managing mood disorders and ADHD-related struggles. She also addresses issues like codependency, infidelity, blended family tensions, and the strains of caregiving.
Her work includes building self-esteem, coping skills, and ways to handle anger and guilt. Clients can expect a respectful, sensitive tone in sessions.
Kendra aims to empower people to take practical steps toward better daily functioning. She believes small, consistent changes lead to meaningful improvements.
Her background in family-focused therapy informs how she looks at patterns that repeat across relationships. Kendra combines evidence-based techniques with a collaborative style so people can set clear goals and try strategies between sessions.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and tough life changes.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It can help people who struggle with intimacy, trust, or repeated relationship conflict.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that feed distress and then practicing different ways of thinking and acting. It is often useful for mood disorders, anxiety, and managing impulsivity.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kendra will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit those needs. She adapts strategies over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to practice skills in day-to-day situations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English