Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
How Kenya works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kenya
Kenya Evans-Pinckney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience. She holds a Master of Social Work and has worked across mental health, substance use, and domestic violence settings in New York. She has held roles that combine clinical care and program oversight.
Kenya has provided individual and group counseling and currently supports bicultural staff through supervision at a large nonprofit. Her background includes work in residential mental health programs and coordinating services across teams.
Background and approach
Kenya uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and trauma. She blends approaches so sessions focus on concrete steps clients can try between meetings. Expect conversations that identify patterns, set small goals, and build coping skills for everyday life.
She also helps people with career questions, relationship concerns, parenting strain, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and changes like job transitions or family shifts. Additional focus areas include attachment and blended family issues, communication problems, domestic violence, money and workplace stress, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions are offered in English and can include individual work and group supervision contexts.
Kenya aims to collaborate with each person to create a clear plan and manageable next steps toward better daily functioning and emotional balance.
What Kenya works with
Everything Kenya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kenya's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kenya lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person rather than on a fixed agenda. It focuses on listening, validation, and helping people find their own solutions for issues like relationship strain, self-esteem, or parenting challenges.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions break problems into manageable steps and build skills for anxiety, depression, anger, and workplace stress through practical exercises.
Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, goal-oriented approach that helps people find motivation to change behaviors. It can be useful for career shifts, substance-related goals, or making decisions about next steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kenya will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. That planning happens together and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for longer sessions and visual connection. Phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work between meetings.
Questions people ask about Kenya
What kinds of concerns can I bring to sessions?
Kenya works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a practical, collaborative style that focuses on clear goals and skills you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience working in mental health, substance use, and domestic violence settings and in residential programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and works within the New York region.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
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 getting started work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.