“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
Therapy
Empowering you to find exactly what you need.
I keep saying this, but keeping up appearances is exhausting! Sometimes we have to keep showing up to work, school, and other responsibilities while masking, spinning many proverbial plates, or walking through darkness. I am here to help, whatever your current challenge may be.
Read briefly about my therapy services below to learn about particular models I use. Each model has been hyper-linked to a page that describes the approach in greater detail.
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About therapy with Kathleen
To put it plainly, all of the work I do is based in the science of attachment. This means that I see healthy relationships between you and those in your environment to be critical to creating and sustaining changes that meet your specific needs.
My style as a therapist is active, warm, and respectful. I approach therapy with a theory and ideas about how to help you, meaning we work together and I bring ideas, skills, and tools to session that are aimed at helping you resolve your unique problems. This is not a collaborative approach to therapy, but a respectful and informed approach. Read more about the distinction on my blog post!
Are you engaged? Opening your relationship for the first time? Having too many intense arguments? I am here to help. I love working with couples to reconnect, communicate better, rebuild trust, and prepare for big decisions and life transitions.
I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method therapy for romantic relationships needing repair. Both approaches are evidence-supported, and EFT has begun to be culturally adapted for LGBTQ2+ couples. Gottman method is a behaviorally-based approach developed by therapist Julie Gottman and her husband John Gottman who is a researcher.
For premarital therapy, I use Prepare and Enrich pre-marital and newlywed counseling, and am a certified facilitator in this model, which is also evidence-supported.
Are you worried that your teenager is depressed and won’t talk with you about it? While some of this (not talking to you) is developmentally normal, it can be incredibly challenging and upsetting to parents to watch their teens lose their joy for life and disconnect with them as parents. I am here to help.
I primarily work with LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent teens and their parents to improve individual well-being, reduced depression, and increased support for coping. I have found that involving parents into treatment with teens is useful in being able to reach them during their darkest hours to create the most lasting changes in their adolescent years.
I use Attached-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) and Experiential therapy when working with families.
Are you stuck in the same pattern of self-sabotage that leaves you feeling exhausted while having to keep it all together? I get it. I work with people who are LGBTQ+ and those who have ADHD and are high-achievers. Your relationships, emotions, and personal needs are special and unique and you deserve to be understood and appreciated exactly as you are.
I use a variety of approaches with individuals in my care, tailored to you because you are unique! In my work with individuals I like to use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (read about it on the ICEEFT website), and Solution Focused Therapy.