Kendra Covington, LMFT

Iowa · 15 years in practice

Kendra Covington is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Iowa with 15 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LMFT, Iowa: 000367 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1609105030 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Kendra

Kendra Covington is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Iowa with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and stress. Her style is direct and respectful, aiming to make conversations feel manageable and clear for someone who is worried and needs practical help.

Kendra combines emotion-focused work with approaches that help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.

Background and approach

She listens for attachment dynamics and helps people name difficult feelings. That can make it easier to shift how someone reacts in close relationships or to move past shame and guilt. She also uses techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people handle anxiety, mood concerns, and impulsivity.

Sessions often include simple skills to reduce overwhelm and steps to test new ways of relating. Kendra adapts the pace to each person so progress is steady and realistic. Kendra often supports people dealing with grief, addiction-related struggles, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.

She pays attention to issues like codependency, infidelity, blended family stress, and family of origin wounds. The aim is practical change that fits everyday life. Her way of working is collaborative.

She helps people set clear goals and checks in about what is or isn’t helping. If a different tool or focus would be more useful, she adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and doable.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kendra lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Jealousy
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Kendra names

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Online support

Emotion work and practical skills online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name strong emotions in relationships and learn new ways to respond. It can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and healing from relationship wounds. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people shift those patterns to build safer connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions start with a shared plan and are adjusted as progress is made so the work stays relevant and manageable.

Online therapy offers multiple ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for short check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, handle quick emotional check-ins, and use a format that feels most comfortable for the client.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She helps people with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addiction-related struggles, grief, and self-esteem problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style centers on emotionally-focused work combined with practical techniques from ACT and CBT. She listens for attachment patterns and uses simple skills to reduce overwhelm.

What is her professional background and experience?

Kendra has 15 years of professional experience working in clinical settings. She brings experience addressing complex family dynamics and trauma-related concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - practicing in Iowa.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client's needs.

How does billing and getting started work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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