- Years in practice
- 34
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Kathleen
Kathleen McCarthy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 34 years of experience. She practices in Wisconsin and focuses on practical strategies parents can use to reduce stress and strengthen daily life. Her work is direct and down-to-earth, aimed at people who want clear steps and gentle guidance.
She draws on several approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting stress. Kathleen often uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR for trauma-related symptoms and hypnotherapy when guided relaxation and suggestion fit a client's goals. Her sessions blend skill-building with attention to overall wellbeing. That can mean learning breathing and mindfulness tools, practicing new ways of responding to conflict, or focusing on small, measurable changes at home.
Kathleen emphasizes habits that make daily life feel more manageable for a busy parent. She also addresses sleep, eating, grief, and work-related strain. Kathleen can support people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, fertility questions, or post-traumatic stress among other stressors.
She brings many years of experience to complex, overlapping challenges. Her approach is collaborative and practical. She helps people set short-term goals and track progress.
Sessions are framed so parents can try ideas between meetings and see what works. Kathleen provides services in English and accepts international clients. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
What Kathleen works with
Everything Kathleen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kathleen helps people with.
- 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 Kathleen’s Approaches Work Online
Kathleen commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR when working with clients. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. EMDR combines guided attention with processing techniques to address memories and reactions tied to trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kathleen works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or goals shift.
Online formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people maintain continuity of care while juggling work, parenting, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Kathleen
What kinds of concerns does Kathleen address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, grief, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using structured techniques to change thoughts and behaviors alongside relaxation and trauma-focused methods.
How much experience does this therapist bring?
She has 34 years of clinical experience, bringing long-term practice to a wide range of stressors and life changes.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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