- 25 years experience
- Louisville area Kentucky
- Works with couples
About Adrienne
Dr. Adrienne Whitt is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience based in Kentucky. She helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and family conflict. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue and burnout.
Her work blends practical talk with attention to deeper patterns. She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing relationship patterns and attachment issues. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills. Trauma-informed perspectives guide how she attends to painful experiences and safety in sessions.
She can help people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, abandonment, communication breakdowns, and caregiver stress. She also works with challenges such as infidelity, divorce, postpartum depression, and midlife transitions. Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable steps rather than jargon.
Dr. Whitt aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about honestly. She encourages clients to take small risks that lead to change, and she supports practical problem solving between sessions.
People who prefer a reflective yet action-oriented approach often find her style helpful. She speaks English and is licensed in Kentucky as an LCSW. International clients are accepted, and initial steps involve a short matching questionnaire to connect with her practice.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Whitt works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine looking at patterns with concrete skills. Psychodynamic-informed work focuses on how early relationships and attachment shape current patterns; this helps when people want to understand recurring problems in relationships and family life. Cognitive behavioral approaches target anxious or negative thinking and teach practical coping tools to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Trauma-informed perspectives prioritize pacing, safety, and grounding techniques so painful memories are handled with care and respect.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. She collaborates with each person to choose what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as goals and needs change. Clients are encouraged to share preferences and feedback so the plan evolves together rather than being fixed up front.
Confirm current session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during breaks or between commitments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or more flexible scheduling for those living outside the therapist's immediate region. Licensed professionals can use these options to keep therapy practical and sustainable while working toward clear goals.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Kentucky
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include adoption and foster care concerns and attachment issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She combines reflective listening with practical strategies. The work mixes insight about patterns with skills to change thoughts and behaviors.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of professional experience supporting individuals and couples through life transitions and caregiving challenges. That background includes work with burnout and compassion fatigue.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Kentucky. Her practice is based in Kentucky.
Does she work in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. The platform will list the formats available when scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. That starts the process of connecting with her.