Dr. Charlotte Kennedy, TN Psychologist 671

Dr. Charlotte Kennedy brings 40 years of clinical experience to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the challenges of living with health issues. She works with worries about parenting, sleep and eating, career strain, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people managing ADHD, trauma, and major life changes.

Her style is warm and person-focused. Sessions begin with listening to what matters most and what the person hopes to change. She uses clear, practical steps so clients can try new ways of coping between meetings.

Dr. Kennedy draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to ease racing thoughts. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change.

She pays close attention to how family patterns, attachment wounds, and life transitions affect daily coping. That includes work with abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric matters, and challenges tied to fertility or cancer.

People describe the work as straightforward and steady. She helps people set realistic goals, practice skills during stressful moments, and build routines that support better sleep, eating, and mood. Dr. Kennedy aims to equip clients to handle everyday pressures as well as bigger life shifts.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and following their lead. Online sessions allow the therapist to listen closely and shape sessions around what the client says is most important, whether that's coping with health challenges, relationship stress, or grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In remote sessions this can include structured thought records, behavior experiments to try between meetings, and short practice exercises discussed together.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. These techniques are easy to learn in conversation and to practice during the week, helping with anxiety, sleep, and stress management.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and personal preference. She will adjust pace and tools as the client's situation changes.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around caregiving or work commitments.