Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Kathleen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 34
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kathleen
Kathleen McCarthy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 34 years of experience. She practices from Wisconsin and offers online sessions in English, including to international clients. Her work often focuses on trauma, mood difficulties, stress, and anger concerns.
She uses practical methods to help people notice patterns in their thinking and behavior. Sessions can include mindfulness practices and goal-focused techniques to build coping skills. Kathleen also incorporates trauma-focused approaches when past events are getting in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Her training includes methods that target disturbing memories and strong emotional reactions. She draws on techniques that help reduce the hold of upsetting images and feelings, and on guided relaxation work to support change. This mix is aimed at easing symptoms that interfere with work, relationships, and sleep.
Kathleen takes a whole-person view, looking at how body states, thoughts, and daily habits interact. She works with people on practical steps they can try between sessions. That often means short exercises, breathing or grounding techniques, and small behavior changes that add up over time.
People coming to her can expect clear goals and regular checks on progress. She offers video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site.
What Kathleen works with
Everything Kathleen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kathleen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kathleen lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How trauma-informed and skill-based therapies work online
Kathleen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT involves small homework tasks and experiments that make daily life easier, useful for anxiety, depression, and anger challenges.She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address memories that cause strong reactions. EMDR involves guided attention while revisiting upsetting memories to reduce their intensity and the distress they cause.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made as progress is reviewed so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video lets people use visual cues and full conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can work well for brief check-ins or when a written record of the conversation helps with reflection. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, travel, or caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Kathleen
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and addictions. The scope also includes sleep and eating issues, grief, self-esteem, and work-related stress.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and goal-oriented, combining mindfulness, solution-focused work, and trauma-focused techniques. Sessions emphasize concrete steps people can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 34 years of clinical experience to her practice, working with a broad range of mood and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients for online therapy.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and routines.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.