Kennethya Smith-Johnson

Kennethya Smith-Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker who aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable. She creates an open space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation without feeling judged. Her tone is encouraging and straightforward for those who may feel nervous about starting care.

With three years of professional experience, Kennethya focuses on practical conversation and steady support. She listens first and helps people name what feels hardest. From there she and the client look for small changes that make day-to-day life easier and more predictable.

Kennethya uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice thought patterns and try different actions to reduce distress. These approaches are used to address issues such as panic, social anxiety, relationship stress, and coping with life changes.

She also works with concerns related to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, cancer, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, hospice and end-of-life care, isolation and loneliness, postpartum depression, traumatic brain injury, and communication problems. Kennethya aims to help clients find clearer next steps, whether that means practical coping tools or a gentler way of understanding their feelings.

Based in Arkansas and licensed as an LCSW and LISW, she offers care in English and helps people move forward at a steady, manageable pace.

How her approaches translate to online therapy