Therapist profile
Dr. Charlotte Kennedy, TN Psychologist 671
Tennessee psychologist - family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and mindfulness
About Charlotte
Dr. Charlotte Kennedy is a Tennessee psychologist with the credential TN Psychologist 671 and 40 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, trauma and related issues. Her work also addresses problems with sleep, eating, self-esteem, career stress, and the practical challenges that come with life transitions.
She uses straightforward conversations to help people sort out what matters most. Sessions focus on understanding current struggles, building coping skills, and testing small changes that make daily life easier. Techniques draw from Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to support immediate problems and longer-term goals.
Charlotte often helps people worried about family problems, blended family issues, caregiving strain, or intimacy-related concerns. She also works with adults facing abandonment questions, aging and geriatric issues, body image and fertility worries, and stress related to medical problems such as cancer.
Appointments are meant to be practical and paced to each person. She aims to help clients improve communication, manage anger, cope with compassion fatigue, and navigate career or parenting decisions. The focus is on what can be tried between sessions to reduce day-to-day distress.
Over her career she has worked with first responders and people affected by natural and human-caused disasters. Language of sessions is English and practice is based in Tennessee. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site's matching steps to schedule a first conversation.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. In practice that means sessions emphasize understanding the client's experience and priorities, and adjusting the pace to what feels manageable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It often includes clear skill work and small experiments to change patterns that increase anxiety, low mood, or sleep and eating problems.Picking the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. That makes therapy a collaborative effort rather than a fixed program.
Because the original biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions occur around work or caregiving responsibilities. Therapists and licensed professionals commonly adapt CBT exercises and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so the same practical tools can be used outside the office.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
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What concerns does she address related to family?
She helps people work through family problems, blended family issues, caregiving stress, and communication problems that affect home life.
How does she approach therapy day to day?
Sessions use clear conversation, skill-building, and practical steps to test between visits, drawing on client-centered methods along with cognitive and mindfulness tools.
How much experience does she have?
She has four decades of clinical experience working with a wide range of adult concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is listed as TN Psychologist 671 and practices in Tennessee.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are used?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the original biography does not specify formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.