About Kathleen
Kathleen Carter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and depression.
Background and approach
She draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to support clients working through self-esteem concerns, life transitions, and challenges such as social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and caregiver stress. Kathleen emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in her work and aims to create a collaborative environment where clients can explore what is keeping them from moving forward.
Her approach blends practical skills with reflective exploration, addressing communication struggles, guilt and shame, feelings of isolation, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Kathleen also focuses on forgiveness and improving motivation so clients can take meaningful steps toward change.
Based in Illinois and licensed as an LCSW, she offers multiple session formats to fit different needs and helps new clients take that first courageous step toward therapy by guiding them through the matching and scheduling process.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Kathleen commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps clients clarify personal values and develop psychological flexibility so they can face difficult emotions while pursuing meaningful goals. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a skills-based approach that identifies and reshapes unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Both approaches are practical and translate well to remote sessions, allowing clients to practice new strategies between appointments.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and will adapt techniques from different modalities as appropriate so the treatment plan fits each person’s circumstances.
Online therapy offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life or access care from home. These formats support consistent work on skills and coping strategies while allowing clients to select the communication style that best suits their schedule and comfort level.
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- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English