Kenneth Shigematsu, LCSW
Licensed in California · 35 years in practice
Kenneth Shigematsu is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience in California.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 17984 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1902901432 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
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About Kenneth
Kenneth Shigematsu is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience in California. He focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. He also helps people navigating LGBT concerns and major life changes.
He approaches sessions believing each person is the expert on their own life. He looks for strengths clients already have and builds on those practical resources. His style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people make usable changes rather than relying on jargon.
Background and approach
Kenneth uses a mix of methods to suit different needs. He may draw on client-centered conversations to understand your priorities and use cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are added when people want concrete steps and short-term goals.
He has worked across many life situations, including caregiver stress, relationship and communication problems, codependency, issues around gender dysphoria, and concerns tied to HIV/AIDS and hospice or end-of-life planning. He also offers support around abandonment, jealousy, and alternative sex culture topics like BDSM and kink. Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the person.
Kenneth helps people set realistic goals, try new approaches between meetings, and track small gains. The focus is on steady progress and clearer choices in day-to-day life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kenneth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kenneth names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. It helps set goals that feel meaningful and keeps the conversation grounded in the client’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and gives concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors for issues like anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kenneth will collaborate with each person to decide whether client-centered conversation, CBT, or motivational and solution-focused techniques fit best. That choice evolves with progress and changing needs, so the plan is reviewed and adjusted over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support quick exchanges, and messaging fits people who prefer written updates between meetings. These options let people fit sessions into busy lives and continue work even when schedules or locations change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Kenneth works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. He also focuses on LGBT related issues and a range of other concerns such as caregiver stress, codependency, and relationship communication problems.
What is the therapy style like?
Sessions emphasize a respectful, client-centered approach that looks for a person’s strengths. He combines conversational listening with action-oriented techniques to set goals and try new behaviors between sessions.
How much experience does the therapist have?
He has 35 years of professional work experience in behavioral health and social work practice in California.
What credentials and region apply to this profile?
Kenneth holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
In what formats are sessions offered?
He works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what fits the client’s needs.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to start working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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