- 25 years experience
- Kentucky based
- Works with couples
About Adrienne
Dr. Adrienne Whitt is a Kentucky-licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and family conflicts. Her work also includes helping professionals who are coping with compassion fatigue and burnout.
She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that affect current relationships. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She brings a trauma-informed perspective when past wounds affect day-to-day life.
Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps. Clients can expect a calm space to talk about feelings and to think through difficult choices. The aim is to help people feel more capable and less overwhelmed in everyday life.
Dr. Whitt also helps with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, codependency, and infidelity. She works with clients facing transitions like divorce, parenting challenges, postpartum depression, and midlife changes.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with individuals and couples across a range of concerns. She encourages people to take steps at their own pace and to set goals that make sense for their lives. Those seeking support start by choosing the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Psychodynamic work focuses on patterns that repeat over time. Online sessions let people talk about relationship habits and family history while noticing how those patterns show up now. This approach can help when long-standing themes affect current choices.Cognitive behavioral techniques look at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. In online sessions, the therapist and client identify specific thoughts to test and practice different behaviors between meetings. This is helpful for anxiety, stress, and relationship communication issues.
A trauma-informed perspective means the therapist pays attention to how past hurts affect reactions today. Online discussions can proceed at a comfortable pace while building ways to manage triggers and strong feelings.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something isn’t working, they adjust the plan together so therapy stays useful and realistic.
The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to keep regular appointments during work or family commitments. Because the source biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available options before booking so arrangements match your needs.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Kentucky
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and compassion fatigue among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical, combining psychodynamic thinking with cognitive behavioral steps and a trauma-informed outlook.
What is her clinical background?
She holds a Kentucky LCSW and has 25 years of professional experience working with individuals and couples.
Where is she located?
She is licensed in Kentucky and bases her practice there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.