Reba Pendleton, LCSW

Reba Pendleton is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She approaches sessions with respect and compassion, making space for what matters most to each person. Her manner is steady and straightforward, aimed at helping clients take the first steps toward feeling better.

With 11 years of experience, Reba adapts conversations and plans to fit individual needs. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also brings client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and narrative and solution-focused techniques to shape collaborative sessions.

In therapy she works to understand each person’s story and current challenges. That can mean breaking problems into smaller steps, testing new ways of coping, or finding meaning after loss. Reba aims to make sessions useful and understandable, rather than full of jargon.

She provides services from Kentucky and offers multiple online formats so clients can choose what fits their life. Reba tailors the pace and focus to each person’s goals, whether they want short-term problem-solving or longer work on patterns and healing.

Taking the first step can feel hard. Reba offers a calm, respectful space and practical methods to help people move toward a more manageable and fulfilling life.

How her approaches adapt to online therapy

Reba commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered work in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot and test thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person’s priorities so goals emerge from the conversation rather than from a preset plan.

She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and on solution-focused strategies to set small, achievable steps. Together these approaches are mixed based on what a person needs; Reba works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a client's goals and comfort level during the first sessions.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or reflective notes between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain momentum between appointments.