I’ve only had a couple sessions now with Kenya but I really appreciate how well she listens, addresses my points without taking space away from me, and how she’s given me worksheets to complete or to educate me with.
Kenya Amos, LPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Kenya is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 4.5 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Kenya. View 88 reviews
- Great news, Kenya is accepting new clients!
- She is normally fully-booked.
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Oregon and Washington
Recent reviews
Great listener, always contributes a fresh perspective.
More about Kenya
- 9 years' experience
- Female
- LPC, LMHC
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience working in helping professions. I have a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. I’ve had an opportunity to work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder and psychotic disorders to name a few.
Generally speaking, my theoretical approach will be Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. This doesn’t mean I don’t incorporate other therapeutic approaches. You’re an individual therefore I don’t attempt to force a particular framework.
I am an active listener who enjoys supporting clients with self-discovery and development of personal goals. It’s amazing how beneficial it can be to speak with someone unbiased, nonjudgmental and eager to be supportive. I enjoy being a part of a process where people learn, grow and develop based on their standards and ideas of success. You know your life better than anyone else. Sometimes as humans, we need assistance in realizing this. I look forward to being a part of that process if given the opportunity.
Take care in the meantime.
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Kenya Amos's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720606999.
- LPC · Oregon · C5432 · Expires September 2026
- LMHC · Washington · LH61574166 · Expires September 2025
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Kenya Amos
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
I’ve only had a couple sessions now with Kenya but I really appreciate how well she listens, addresses my points without taking space away from me, and how she’s given me worksheets to complete or to educate me with.
Great listener, always contributes a fresh perspective.
We worked with Kenya both together as a couple and separately for almost one year. We've tackled many difficult issues that have challenged us for most of our 20 year marriage. We're communicating better, working together in our finances, and each addressing our own anxiety by developing better coping mechanisms. Kenya was incredibly insightful and helpful. We loved working with her!
I’ve had 4 therapy sessions with Kenya and my experience has been great. I’ve been experiencing stress and anxiety this year balancing my personal life, work and my relationship. She has given me tools to manage everything and how to stay calm under stress. I will highly recommend Kenya to those who are looking for a therapist who listens and gives practical advice. Thank you Kenya!
Kenya Amos, is warm and understanding. I’ve really appreciated her support and insight. She has helped me develop better boundaries and confidence.
Kenya is amazing. She is someone that is very easy to talk to. She’s very patient and kind. I highly recommend her.
Kenya is great! She is attentive and works to create a customized approach that fits my needs.
I felt very comfortable talking with Kenya
Kenya is kind and considerate. She is a great listener and I have seen much progress in my life since I have been doing session with her.
I feel seen and heard by Kenya and I’m very grateful to have found her.
Kenya is a wonderful listener who listens deeply. She helped me navigate a difficult situation. I'm grateful for her expertise.
Kenya listens and challenges you, to help you move forward. She's reliable, friendly, and perceptive. Highly recommend.
Kenya provides excellent guidance, feedback and practical support. I also love how she demonstrates what a good job sounds like in communicating areas around healthy boundary setting. I have also greatly appreciated how she challenges my limiting beliefs and encourages me to look at the facts.
Kenya is insighful, relatable and gives great feedback. I highly recommend her services.
Kenya has an incredible calming presence, great listener, offers realistic advice and perspective. Highly recommend!
Within minutes of meeting, Kenya I knew I had the support I needed. I felt heard, seen and was given the tools I needed to start having healthier relationships with myself and others.
I have been feeling so much better with my anxiety having started these sessions with Kenya. I love her perspective and how thoughtful/insightful she is. I have been feeling much like my best self recently
Kenya is an experienced and thoughtful therapist. I feel comfortable being truthful, and her honesty is appreciated as well. She has allowed me to see my life in a new way and to make the changes needed to move forward.
Kenya was the most positive experience that I have had with therapy. Her therapeutic philosophies and expertise were incredibly compatible with my needs and I was thus able to be receptive to her advice, compassion, and knowledge. Kenya helped me heal difficult wounds that were all consuming, and I was able to learn things about myself that I never expected. I now have newfound tools and understanding about myself due to her capabilities as a therapist. Kenya also has admirable recognition in what she can and cannot provide as a therapist. Despite entering a period where my primary needs became something outside of her expertise and I desired distance and a break, she recognized these facts, acknowledged them, gave me the space I needed, but continued to check up on me and provide me with therapeutic assistance. I think that Kenya is a fantastic therapist and I would not hesitate to recommend her expertise.
Kenya is outstanding. She is a balance of calm and listening with empathetic and thoughtful. I have loved hearing her perspective on what we have discussed as she has provided me with key insights which have been changing my perspective on things. I appreciate the work we are doing and value to the time in our sessions.
Kenya is brilliant, competent, personable, and solution-oriented. With her, I feel seen, heard, and understood. I have grown so much since beginning my counseling with Kenya. I am so grateful for my therapy with her. ❤️
Kenya is amazing she has been very helpful for me
Kenya is a great therapist and mental health professional. She’s helped me for a year now and I am so grateful for the guidance she’s given me. She listens and truly tries to see things from my perspective in order to give me advice that is timely, relatable, and extremely useful. I would recommend Kenya to anyone as a therapist.
Kenya has been incredibly helpful to me learning and figuring out how to live life in a healthy way. She recognized things in me I didn’t see in myself, and that was incredibly helpful. She is a great listener and seems to totally lack judgement. I would nervously come with something I was ashamed of and she never showed judgement or reaction which was very nice. I’m sure she adapts to peoples needs, but I found her ability to be light and laugh very touching and enjoyable. Would highly recommend Kenya to anyone who wants to be heard and have the space to explore themselves in this setting, and more too.
Kenya has been very helpful
Very educated and helpful to humans behavior issues and traumas
Very helpful
Kenya is INCREDIBLE!! I'm so grateful for her.
Kenya is very attentive and fully engaged during our sessions. She listens and shares a lot of great tips & tools for communication. I'm so grateful to be matched with her. She knows this stuff and I'm learning all I can along the way!
Thanks for always letting me talk in public places even though you know how angry I can get. Im greatful I have an outlet for all the rage I feel inside. Being in my 30s it’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced, no wonder everyone wants to pop pills, sit in front of a tv and collect disability benefits.
Kenya presents me with new ways of thinking about my circumstance and offers me tools to move forward.
Kenya is extremely helpful and I am very grateful for her to be my therapist.
Provides excellent feedback and is especially attentive during sessions.
Very helpful! Is very understanding, flexible with scheduling and listens so well! Kenya gives very useful tools and strategies to help with what’s needed. 10/10
Kenya is awesome, smart, reliable in her ability to help move through feelings and situations.
Kenya Amos was great!!! I only had a couple sessions with her but she helped me get through a rough couple weeks. She listened , was kind, and I felt comfortable talking to her. Thank you so much
Kenya feels like a mental health partner. She listens to what I'm saying and hears the trauma under my words so we can address it as it comes up in real time. I don't feel judged, I feel like a real person, not just a compilation of traumatic events. I definitely appreciate my time with Kenya so far.
She has been amazing!
Kenya is a wonderful therapist, she listens not only to your words but your actions and also body language. She notices things most people don’t. She’s easy to talk to and very kind!
Kenya is amazing. She has this remarkable ability to parse the insane ramblings that come out of me and concisely express the thing I am trying to say and then offer little flashes of wonderful insight. She is super flexible and is down to let you get all of your things out there however is easiest for you, and then help guide you through it if you're not getting anywhere. Her ability to listen and let you get through it all is not only nice because we live in a world of frequent interruptions, but also because it gives you an opportunity to work through things yourself. That gives a huge sense of accomplishment that I'm sure a lot of us could use. She also endures my long-windedness and swearing like a champion, with zero feelings of being judged. Talking to her feels very organic and genuine, and I can't give her enough praise here.
She’s very understanding and a wonderful listener. Sometimes she tells you things you don’t want to hear but they are always 100% helpful.
I mean Kenya is the best, she makes me feel heard and validated. The feeling of being overwhelmed disappears after I talk to her.
I’ve only had a few sessions so far, but we dove in right away and she’s been very respectful and easy to talk to. She responds to my messages very timely and is very willing to be flexible. I’m happy to have found a therapist I feel works for me
Kenya is a great therapist. I really appreciate her support and encouragement. She always listens and has good feedback.
Kenya is excellent at listening and helping me improve my approach to my key focus areas.
Kenya is the best. Kind and helpful and does such an excellent job of listening and supporting me while also pushing me the explore things more in a safe and productive and caring way.
Kenya is helped guide me through the biggest and most difficult transitional period of my life. With her support and guidance, she help me attain a personal life that I once thought was a fairy tail. With her understanding of trauma, work life balance and personal growth she has helped me place boundaries in my life to give me peace and understanding. I appreciate her and would strongly recommend her for anyone that is struggling with trauma.
Kenya is the best. After more then one negative experience in clinics with therapists I'm so thankful that I was matched with her. She is supportive and logical and brings a breathe of fresh air.
Our collaboration is by far the most fruitful and meaningful work I’ve ever done. I am so grateful for Kenya’s insight, support and tough questions-I’m making meaningful changes in my life now.
Kenya provides incredible insights that make me feel heard, respected, and challenged. She is the best therapist I’ve ever had.
I have already recommended this amazing platform to multiple people. Thanks so much for creating this amazing app
She is amazing, kind, non-judgemental and so helpful and effective.
Kenya is very thoughtful, methodical, and clear. I highly recommend her!
Kenya is a very understanding person who lets you talk through you feelings and process the information. She is patient and kind without judgement
Kenya is a great listener and seems to identify key moments in our discussions that turn on my light bulbs. She's very personable, yet clinical at the same time. She's fantastic and I'm grateful to have connected with her.
Without a doubt, this is the best therapeutic collaboration I have ever had. I am in the field of mental health myself and have sought out counseling for myself prior to this. I have had therapists cry and crumble over what I shared with them! I have ended up comforting therapists who were not able to process what I needed them for in the first place...and paid for it. Excuse me? With Kenya, from the very first session we set up a game plan, identified goals and outlined expectations. This has been an incredible journey for me and I can honestly say that Kenya's insight has been profound.
She is wonderful! She is to-the-point, efficient and logical, which is a style that works best for me. She sees me and provides constructive guidance and support.
Kenya takes the time to listen, and present solutions/perspectives on current to past mental states. She understands the fundamentals of mental anxiety, trauma, abuse and approaches the session with the appropriate amount of sensitivity and care. I highly recommend Kenya.
I am truly grateful that I did not give up on looking for a black female counselor. You made my journey worth the wait!
Kenya is patient, kind, and a great listener.
Today was my second session with Kenya. I already know that she is the right choice for me. She listens and hears what I say. She has provided me with hands on tools to use. She is thoughtful in her responses and questions. I look forward to our sessions each week.
She is kind and patient and has been the catalyst to a huge adjustment in my self-talk and thinking.
Kenya is fantastic!! Always there for me when I need her. Knowledgeable and leads me in the right direction when I need it!! She’s the best!!
Kenya is amazing ! Responds quickly and is so supportive in our sessions . She has really made a positive impact on my healing and self growth . I highly recommend her .
So far my work with Kenya is going very well, I trust and respect her.
Kenya is great, humorous and offers sound tools to navigate situations.
Kenya is very perceptive and easy to talk to. She has an ability to hone in on my issues and offer great solutions to try in addition to providing unbiased support. I highly recommend her!
Kenya is a kind, attentive and makes putting together the puzzles of life and social interactions seamless. She’s helped me through multiple life changes and I appreciate her work and time. Thank you Kenya.
The best counselor I’ve had!
Kenya has been very patient and kind to me through the most challenging time of my life. I appreciate that greatly.
Kenya has been an incredibly safe and consistent support to me during such a turbulent time in my life.
Kenya is my second therapist on BetterHelp. She is so responsive and gives great “homework” that you are easily able to apply to your life. I appreciate her. I should connect with her more often but that’s something I’m working on. Regardless, she’s great.
Very easy to communicate my concerns with & I really feel the feedback is helping me on my journey!
Great listener and very helpful at identifying issues that I need to address. Really glad I've been working with her.
Kenya did a great job helping me feel heard and validated. She was very responsive and fit me in the schedule quickly. I would definitely go to her again.
Kenya has been a positive support and resource for my compassion fatigue and self care during this pandemic. Although I will be on a pause for counseling due to unexpected finances. It is my plan to continue working with Kenya towards my wellness.
I am new to this and still learning the process. Kenya has been very supportive and has provided productive resources and advice for me. I really appreciate her time, energy and questions.
Kenya has offered me a supportive listening ear when I am struggling. She helps me remember my goals in life and makes me feel grounded when I need advice and validation.
Welcoming supporting expert conveys professionalism that is approachable
Kenya is wonderful! I love her
Kenya is professional and helpful.
I’ve only had one live chat with Kenya so far and it was super positive! Looking forward to talking with her more. Definitely would recommend her to my friends! She was super down to earth and didn’t make me nervous. I appreciate her attitude and personality.
I have had such positive and empowering support from Kenya. I was ready to quit my job due to the situation I was facing where I work. Kenya made me feel validated and heard...and most of all she helped me realize I was stronger than I had realized. I'm on the path back to my core beliefs, my core strengths and my core ethics. I work in the field of mental health - Kenya is a brilliant and shining example of what true therapist is! I am so blessed that I have the opportunity to collaborate with her. She rocks!!
She is wonderful I enjoy talking to her and getting the help I need thank u for being my counselor
I have only had one session but I strongly recommend Kenya.
I feel extremely supported by my new counselor Kenya and I really feel like she understands me and I feel a comfort after our sessions. I do wish sessions could be longer but other than that and with living in the time of COVID-19 I couldn’t think of a better way to support my mental health than with a platform like this.
Kenya is one of the best LPCs I've had the opportunity to work with!!
Kenya is very considerate, perceptive, patient and creates a safe space where I know its okay to explore confusing emotions. I am so thankful for everything Ive already learned during our time together.
Frequently asked questions
Does Kenya Amos offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Kenya Amos works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Kenya Amos speak?
Kenya Amos speaks English.
How many years of experience does Kenya Amos have?
Kenya Amos has 9 years of experience.
Where is Kenya Amos licensed to practice?
Kenya Amos is licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington.
Does Kenya Amos accept clients outside of the United States?
No, Kenya Amos does not accept clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Kenya Amos offer?
Kenya Amos offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Kenya Amos?
Kenya Amos can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Kenya Amos?
Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.
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