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Dr. Brenda Kemp

Integrative clinician blending skills and relationships

LPC Georgia

Experience
16 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Brenda

Dr. Brenda Kemp is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 16 years of clinical experience.

Background and approach

She combines evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, and client-centered principles to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, addictions, and trauma-related concerns.

Her practice also addresses a wide range of life transitions and complex family matters including adoption and foster care, blended families, caregiver stress, and end-of-life issues. Her style is supportive, engaging, and authentic, focused on meeting clients where they are and drawing on their strengths to promote coping and growth.

Dr. Kemp works collaboratively to tailor interventions to each person’s needs, using practical CBT strategies alongside approaches that explore emotions and personal narratives.

Sessions attend to issues such as intimacy, self-esteem, career choices, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and other areas that affect daily functioning and relationships. Clients seeking a practitioner who integrates structured skills training with reflective, relational work may find her approach well suited to addressing both symptom relief and longer-term meaning-making.

Approach Options and How Online Therapy Fits

Dr. Kemp commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) alongside client-centered principles. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to build practical coping skills. ACT emphasizes values-guided action and acceptance strategies to help people live in ways that matter to them despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Client-centered methods create an empathetic, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective guides the pace and focus of work.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She explores a client’s goals, preferences, and concerns to determine which combination of CBT, ACT, or client-centered techniques will be most useful, adapting methods as progress and needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations within Georgia. These formats allow for regular check-ins, skills practice, and reflective work while accommodating varying comfort levels with remote care and day-to-day time constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy and self-esteem difficulties, career-related stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused and Narrative approaches with client-centered principles to offer both skill-building and deeper relational exploration.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience providing psychotherapy and related counseling services.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia; her credential is listed as GA LPC LPC005319.
Does she offer services in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Services are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issues

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Narrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Georgia

Languages

English