Kenna Sullivan, LICSW

Kenna Sullivan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 30 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life changes. Kenna emphasizes the client’s own strengths and choices while offering steady support through difficult times.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person bringing the story is the expert. Kenna listens for practical ways to reduce daily stress and to build on what already works. She offers straightforward guidance and encouragement rather than jargon or complex explanations.

Her background includes long experience working with compassion fatigue and the lasting effects of trauma. She helps people who face chronic pain, illness, or disability find ways to cope with changing needs. She also addresses relationship communication problems, separation and divorce, and the emotional work around forgiveness, guilt, and shame.

Kenna draws on tried-and-true therapeutic methods to support people struggling with mood disorders, obsessive thoughts and behaviors, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. She also helps with life purpose questions, midlife transitions, and financial stress that affects wellbeing. Her approach is steady, practical, and centered on the person’s goals.

Based in Massachusetts, Kenna works in English and supports people navigating the impact of health challenges alongside other life stressors. To begin, she asks clients to identify what matters most and then builds manageable steps toward those goals.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Kenna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and coping strategies. One common approach teaches stress management and anxiety reduction through breathing, pacing activities, and short behavioral changes that can lower daily tension. This helps people struggling with chronic stress or mood symptoms regain small but meaningful control.

Another approach focuses on processing trauma and grief in manageable steps. It involves pacing difficult memories, building safety around big feelings, and learning ways to tolerate distress without becoming overwhelmed. This can be helpful for those recovering from abuse, loss, or compassion fatigue.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist work together to see what feels most useful and make changes over time.

Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time and make it easier to have regular check-ins around work or caregiving schedules. Because this profile does not list specific session formats, confirm available options before booking to see what will work best for scheduling and personal needs.