Taylor Kent (Gibbs), LCSW

Taylor Kent (Gibbs) is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with 9 years of therapeutic experience. She holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in social work from Indiana University and has worked with clients across the lifespan, most often supporting adults and adolescents. Her clinical work commonly addresses trauma, anxiety disorders, depression and other mood disorders, personality disorders, self-harm, and adjustment disorders.

Taylor brings a supportive and encouraging style that emphasizes strengths and practical strategies. She helps people identify and build on existing resources to reach their goals, while developing new coping tools along the way. Her approach is grounded in respect and acceptance, with a focus on creating an environment where individuals can express themselves authentically and without judgment.

Her therapeutic manner is generally laid back, conversational, and collaborative, and she uses humor when appropriate to ease connection. Taylor commonly integrates cognitive and dialectical behavioral techniques along with attachment-informed ideas, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, humanistic perspectives, and narrative work. Treatment planning is personalized - centered on the whole person rather than a diagnosis or label - and tailored to the specific needs and preferences of each individual. She supports the process of finding the right therapeutic fit and encourages thoughtful questions about treatment and goals.