Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Kenlo works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kenlo
Kenlo McGowan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She uses approachable, practical methods to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life transitions. Her style aims to remove immediate roadblocks so clients can make steady progress toward daily functioning and personal goals.
With ten years of experience, Kenlo focuses on a wide range of concerns including addictions, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, and relationship difficulties. She also helps people facing sleep and eating problems, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of trauma and critical incidents.
Background and approach
Anger and stress management are frequent themes in her work. Kenlo favors clear, solution-oriented work. She blends client-centered listening with skills-based tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches.
She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to support decision-making and coping in hard moments. Sessions aim to be nonjudgmental and practical. Kenlo helps people identify immediate obstacles, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and build new coping habits.
She encourages small steps that add up to real change over time. Her background includes work on workplace and career stress, addiction-related concerns, co-dependency, grief counseling, and responding to critical incidents. She works with individuals to set goals and track progress in ways that fit their daily lives.
What Kenlo works with
Everything Kenlo lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kenlo's practice.
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kenlo lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that teach skills and reduce reactivity
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and supported while they decide what changes they want to make. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what works in day-to-day life; it is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have fuller conversations with body language and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick reflections, appointment check-ins, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to keep continuity between meetings.
Questions people ask about Kenlo
What issues does Kenlo help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, anger, relationship and family problems, sleep and eating concerns, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is solution-focused and practical, combining client-centered listening with skills training and behavioral strategies to resolve immediate obstacles.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kenlo has ten years of professional experience working with adults across a wide range of life problems and emotional concerns.
Where is Kenlo licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.