About Kathy
Kathy Branning draws on 30 years of clinical experience and a dual licensure as an LCPC and LCSW to support people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
She emphasizes client strengths and respects each person as the expert on their own life while offering professional guidance to help navigate difficult transitions and emotional challenges. Kathy approaches work with empathy and practical focus, helping clients identify resources and build skills to move toward greater motivation and confidence.
Licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin, Kathy has worked across many concern areas including panic attacks, mood disorders, communication problems, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, and issues related to control, guilt, and forgiveness. She encourages courageous first steps and offers steady support as clients pursue a more fulfilling, happier life.
Kathy invites collaboration so clients can shape goals that fit their values and daily realities.
Evidence-based care and flexible online options
Kathy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One common approach emphasizes building coping and regulation skills to manage stress, anxiety, panic attacks, and mood-related symptoms; this involves learning tools for calming the nervous system, restructuring unhelpful thoughts, and developing steady daily routines. Another approach centers on trauma-informed processing and recovery, helping people safely explore painful experiences, reduce avoidance, and restore a sense of control and self-worth after abuse or other traumatic events.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each client to identify their goals, preferences, and life context, then tailors interventions that align with those needs. This shared decision-making helps ensure the work feels relevant and achievable.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and fit therapy into varied schedules. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide continuity of care, flexible appointment options, and ongoing support between sessions so clients can make steady progress from where they are.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English