Kendra Gilbert, LPC, CPCS
Trauma, Anxiety & Relationship Counselor in Cumming, GA
Today is the day healing begins. If you or someone you love is navigating trauma, overwhelming anxiety, depression, or relational struggles, you don’t have to walk through it alone.
Kendra Gilbert, MA, LPC, CPCS
Founder, Licensed Counselor & Clinical Supervisor
"Today is the day healing begins."
Kendra Gilbert obtained her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling in 2001 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2006, she founded Beyond Today Counseling Center to bring compassionate, evidence-based mental health care to the Cumming, GA community.
Education & Licensure
MA Marriage & Family Counseling (2001) • LPC Practicing Since 2001
Supervisory & Center Founder
Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor (CPCS) • Founder of BTCC (2006)
Guidance from a Compassionate Trauma Counselor
Kendra has extensive expertise as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor, and Trauma Counselor, specializing as a Trauma Therapist with over two decades of clinical practice. She has dedicated herself to assisting a diverse client base, including adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
In 2006, Kendra founded Beyond Today Counseling Center, driven by a commitment to offer evidence-based counseling treatments to her community. Her holistic approach ensures that each individual’s multifaceted nature is honored and addressed during therapy.
Early in her career, Kendra gained invaluable clinical experience working in a therapeutic boarding school for adolescents with ODD, court-mandated addiction recovery, and domestic violence victims support groups. These formative years instilled a deep respect for human resilience and the courage it takes to seek change.
With a clinical focus on trauma, Kendra sees each client through the lens of their inherent strengths to overcome, grow, and prosper in daily life. Her protocols regularly incorporate EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Mindfulness-Based CBT, and specialized trauma resolution to provide lasting relief.
"You possess the innate strength to heal. Kendra provides the safe guidance to get there."
How Kendra Can Help You Heal
With over two decades of clinical practice, Kendra offers targeted, compassionate care designed to unlock your inherent strengths and guide you toward lasting peace.
Trauma Recovery & EMDR
Specialized trauma resolution for past wounds, distressing events, and PTSD using EMDR and compassionate, evidence-based protocols.
Key Areas Covered:
- EMDR Therapy Protocols
- PTSD & Past Pain Processing
- Somatic & Emotional Safety
Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Overcoming constant worry, generalized anxiety, panic episodes, and intrusive thoughts through mindfulness and cognitive restructuring.
Key Areas Covered:
- Generalized Anxiety & Panic
- Mindfulness-Based CBT
- Somatic Calming Tools
Depression & Mood Disorders
Navigating deep sadness, emotional numbness, loss of motivation, and mood fluctuations with steady, empathetic guidance.
Key Areas Covered:
- Mood Stabilization
- Renewing Purpose & Energy
- Compassionate Support
Relationships & Communication
Resolving persistent relationship conflicts, establishing healthy emotional boundaries, and strengthening honest communication.
Key Areas Covered:
- Couples & Family Dynamics
- Healthy Boundaries
- Conflict Resolution
Life Transitions & Adjustments
Support during major life shifts, career milestones, divorce, empty nesting, or adolescent developmental transitions.
Key Areas Covered:
- Navigating Big Changes
- Identity & Growth
- Stress Management
Grief, Loss & Addiction Support
Drawing on decades of experience in addiction recovery, bereavement, and neurodiversity to foster genuine emotional restoration.
Key Areas Covered:
- Grief Processing
- Addiction Recovery Support
- Neurodiversity Affirming
Clinical Supervision & Trauma Intensives
Two distinct offerings from Kendra Gilbert, LPC, CPCS: structured clinical supervision for clinicians working toward their professional counseling license, and intensive trauma resolution for clients ready to heal through a focused, multi-day format.
Clinical Supervision
For clinicians hoping to obtain their license as a Professional Counselor (LPC), Kendra offers individual and group supervision grounded in her 20+ years of clinical practice and status as a Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor (CPCS). Supervision supports your case conceptualization, ethical decision-making, and growth toward independent licensure.
- Individual supervision for LPC license candidates
- Group supervision also available for peer learning
- CPCS-credentialed guidance on ethics, assessment & documentation
Trauma Intensive Therapy
For people who wish to utilize an intensive model for resolving trauma, Kendra offers focused EMDR-informed intensives in a 1, 2, or 3 day format. This concentrated approach creates the space needed to go deeper than weekly sessions allow, accelerating healing for those ready to commit fully to their recovery.
- Accelerated, EMDR-informed trauma resolution
- Immersive multi-day format tailored to your needs
- Pricing available upon request
Not sure which is right for you? Reach out and Kendra or her intake team will help determine the best path forward for your goals.
Proven Clinical Modalities
Kendra integrates research-backed treatments with a holistic, strengths-based perspective tailored to each individual’s unique journey.
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
EMDR is an extensively researched, evidence-based treatment designed to help individuals heal from the symptoms and emotional distress resulting from disturbing life experiences and trauma.
How it helps:
Progressive Counting
Structured Memory Processing Protocol
Progressive Counting (PC) is a structured trauma-processing protocol that guides clients through distressing memories using counted sets, helping the brain move past stuck material efficiently and gently.
How it helps:
Parts Work / IFS
Internal Family Systems Approach
Parts Work and Internal Family Systems (IFS) explore the distinct parts of yourself, helping you understand and harmonize inner conflict, protective roles, and wounded aspects with compassionate curiosity.
How it helps:
Attachment-Based Somatic Healing
Body-Centered Relational Repair
Attachment-based somatic healing works with the body and nervous system to repair relational wounds, regulate the stress response, and build felt safety, integrating how we connect with others with how we live in our bodies.
How it helps:
ACT
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you accept what’s outside your control, commit to values-driven action, and build psychological flexibility, using mindfulness and acceptance to create a rich, meaningful life even alongside difficulty.
How it helps:
Mindfulness-Based CBT
Thought Reframing & Present-Moment Awareness
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy combines practical CBT tools for examining unhelpful thoughts with mindfulness techniques that anchor you in the present and reduce autonomic anxiety.
How it helps:
Holistic & Relational Counseling
Strengths-Based Care for Individuals & Couples
Drawing on her Master’s in Marriage and Family Counseling, Kendra honors each client's multifaceted nature, examining family systems, communication patterns, and inherent personal strengths.
How it helps:
Clinical Supervision & Practice Leadership
As a Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor (CPCS) and founder of Beyond Today Counseling Center, Kendra mentors emerging clinicians by giving them the opportunity to learn the necessary skills for working with a diverse population of clients and treatment concerns.
Endorsed by Clinical Colleagues
Trusted by fellow mental health leaders, doctors, and licensed supervisors across Georgia.
"Kendra is a fantastic counselor! I recommend people to her all the time. She brings a kind, compassionate, non-judgmental demeanor to her work, which is backed by a ton of experience."
Clay Rowell, PhD, NCC, LPC, CPCS
Licensed Professional Counselor & Clinical Supervisor
Is Therapy with Kendra Right for You?
Take this brief 1-minute assessment to reflect on your current emotional wellness, stress, or trauma healing needs.
1. How often do persistent worries, stress, or racing thoughts disrupt your daily peace or sleep?
2. Are past painful memories, unresolved trauma, or losses continuing to impact your feelings today?
3. How difficult is it to maintain healthy emotional boundaries and communication in key relationships?
4. Do life transitions or major stressors currently feel too heavy to manage on your own?
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about starting therapy with Kendra Gilbert.
Visit or Reach Out to Kendra
Located conveniently at Beyond Today Counseling Center in Cumming, GA. In-person therapy sessions and secure telehealth video appointments are available.
Direct Phone
678-371-7357
Call to speak with our intake coordinator
Email Intake
intake@beyondtodaycounseling.com
Responds within 24 business hours
Office Location
Beyond Today Counseling Center
327 Dahlonega St, Suite 1902B
Cumming, GA 30040
Send a Confidential Inquiry
Have questions before getting started? Fill out this form and Kendra or our intake team will reach out directly.