Frankie Kennedy PhD, LMHC, AADC, SUDP

I offer expertise in helping individuals understand and overcome substance use and behavioral addictions. My work focuses on providing compassionate, evidence-based support that helps clients identify underlying patterns, build healthier coping strategies, and move toward sustainable recovery. I use a client-centered approach that emphasizes empathy, accountability, and practical tools for change, supporting individuals and families through every stage of the recovery process.

Addiction counseling is a specialized form of therapy that helps individuals understand, manage, and recover from substance use or addictive behaviors. It focuses on identifying the underlying factors that contribute to addiction, developing healthier coping strategies, preventing relapse, and supporting long-term recovery. Through a supportive and nonjudgmental approach, addiction counseling helps clients build motivation for change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based counseling approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress or problematic actions. It is based on the idea that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are closely connected, and by learning to challenge negative thinking and practice healthier behaviors, individuals can improve their mood, coping skills, and overall functioning.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based counseling approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress or problematic actions. It is based on the idea that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are closely connected, and by learning to challenge negative thinking and practice healthier behaviors, individuals can improve their mood, coping skills, and overall functioning.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a goal-oriented, short-term counseling approach that focuses on identifying and building solutions rather than analyzing problems. It helps clients recognize their existing strengths, resources, and past successes to create practical steps toward their desired future. Instead of exploring the origins of difficulties in depth, SFBT emphasizes small, achievable changes and encourages clients to envision and work toward the outcomes they want.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a goal-oriented, short-term counseling approach that focuses on identifying and building solutions rather than analyzing problems. It helps clients recognize their existing strengths, resources, and past successes to create practical steps toward their desired future. Instead of exploring the origins of difficulties in depth, SFBT emphasizes small, achievable changes and encourages clients to envision and work toward the outcomes they want.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based counseling approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress or problematic actions. It is based on the idea that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are closely connected, and by learning to challenge negative thinking and practice healthier behaviors, individuals can improve their mood, coping skills, and overall functioning.