Louise Kenny
Experienced LCSW guiding practical, empathic change
LCSW Connecticut
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- LGBT, Grief, Coping with life changes
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Louise
Louise Kenny brings 25 years of clinical social work experience to her therapeutic practice in Connecticut. She approaches counseling as a collaborative journey, helping clients explore difficult emotions such as grief, shame, guilt, and fear while also addressing addictions, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
Her work often supports people navigating life changes, compassion fatigue, trauma, and issues related to LGBT identity, and she also addresses concerns tied to aging, cancer, caregiving, and end-of-life matters. Louise blends humanistic sensibilities with practical tools to meet clients where they are.
She centers the person’s story, listening closely to understand current needs and goals, then tailors an approach using techniques drawn from client-centered work, existential ideas, Jungian perspectives, solution-focused methods, and cognitive behavioral strategies like CBT. Sessions aim to clarify what matters to each individual and to develop actionable steps toward greater self-understanding, coping, and purpose.
She offers sessions in English and provides a range of online formats to fit different schedules. Louise holds the LCSW credential and maintains licensure in both Florida and Connecticut, bringing deep experience and a steady, empathic presence to those seeking support.
Approaches for Online Work and Practical Support
Louise commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and client-centered therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and developing practical strategies to shift those patterns, which can be useful for addressing anxiety, depression, addictions, and self-esteem concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and creating a nonjudgmental space where a person’s experience is witnessed and valued, supporting healing from grief, shame, and relationship difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and typically happens collaboratively. The therapist will listen to a client’s goals, symptoms, and preferences, then combine elements of different modalities as needed to create a tailored plan. This collaborative stance helps ensure that methods align with what the client finds most helpful and meaningful.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people access care, with options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, continue work during transitions, and maintain continuity of support when in-person visits are impractical. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and discussions to each format so that therapeutic work remains practical and accessible.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed
Connecticut, Florida
Languages
English