Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Kathryn works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kathryn
Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with thirty years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. She offers calm, steady support and focuses on building a trusting working relationship. Kathryn draws on practical strategies to help people make changes that matter in day-to-day life.
Her approach blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based work. Sessions often begin with immediate concerns and move toward clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Kathryn uses simple tools for coping with strong emotions, improving sleep, and reducing stress so people can function better at home and work. She has long experience guiding people through grief, relationship challenges, and career shifts. Parenting strain, caregiver stress, and issues tied to adoption or foster care are also areas she addresses.
Kathryn supports people dealing with trauma, chronic illness, body image worries, and codependency by helping them identify patterns and try new responses. For people facing anger, communication problems, or intimacy-related struggles, she focuses on what can be done now to reduce conflict and rebuild connection. Mindfulness practices are offered to increase awareness and calm reactivity.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. Kathryn practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English. She offers several remote formats so people can choose what fits their life.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and a scheduled session set the process in motion.
What Kathryn works with
Everything Kathryn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kathryn's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kathryn lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships shape current reactions and connection. Online sessions use conversation and reflective questions to identify patterns and try new ways of relating that reduce conflict and increase feeling understood.Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own goals and pace, with the therapist offering empathic listening and gentle guidance. This approach suits people who need space to talk things through and to set priorities for change without pressure.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) emphasizes practical skills for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions, clients learn short exercises and behavior experiments they can practice between meetings to lower anxiety, manage anger, and improve sleep.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and working through emotional material. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions, handle brief coaching moments, or fit a short appointment into a busy day.
Questions people ask about Kathryn
What concerns does Kathryn help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship struggles, parenting strain, career transitions, and trauma-related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are warm and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-informed work.
How much experience does she have?
She brings thirty years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns across adult life stages.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not taking international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; begin by selecting Start Therapy and completing a short matching questionnaire.