- Client-centered focus
- Trauma-informed tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Kendra
Kendra Paulsen is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers sessions on the client's needs. She brings seven years of clinical experience and focuses on stress, anxiety, career concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. She aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, respectful support.
Her approach starts with listening. Kendra uses a client-centered framework to shape conversations around each person's goals and pace. She combines that with tools from mindfulness and narrative work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
For people carrying trauma or overwhelming memories, she incorporates EMDR techniques alongside deeper Jungian reflections when appropriate. Those methods are used to help reduce the hold of painful memories and to explore the meanings people give their experiences.
Kendra often helps those dealing with compassion fatigue, codependency, control issues, and family of origin problems. She also supports clients facing guilt, shame, questions about life purpose, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions aim to clarify what matters and map practical next steps.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs and adjusted over time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session according to her availability.
How client-centered work and trauma approaches fit online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's concerns and shaping sessions around their goals. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people choose what to try next. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily reactions, which can help with anxiety and stress by building small skills to manage difficult moments.EMDR, when used, involves a step-by-step process to work with distressing memories and the emotional reactions they bring. It can be helpful for people coping with panic, post-traumatic stress, or memories that keep returning. Kendra aims to match these approaches to what each person needs rather than prescribing one method up front.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with clients to decide whether client-centered listening, EMDR steps, mindfulness exercises, or a blend fits best. That choice can change as therapy moves forward and goals evolve.
Confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter or longer check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist during the intake about scheduling and how to shape sessions to fit daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, career difficulties, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include codependency, control issues, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening and shaping sessions around your goals. She also draws on mindfulness, narrative work, Jungian ideas, and EMDR when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with people on stress, trauma-related concerns, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Can people meet with her in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Check the booking flow for up-to-date details.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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