- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Kathryn
Kathryn Starratt is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience in New Hampshire. She offers a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, parenting worries, and other life challenges. Her style is down-to-earth and person-focused, aimed at helping people find practical steps forward.
She has worked in emergency services and community mental health, and has experience with adoption and foster-care related situations.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped how she listens for strengths and practical needs when someone is coping with trauma, loss, or major life change. Kathryn often uses straightforward, evidence-based methods alongside common-sense strategies and a sense of humor. In sessions she pays attention to each person’s unique story and goals.
That can mean short-term problem solving, building skills to manage anxiety, or taking time to process grief and trauma. She believes resilience shows up in many ways and tries to help people notice their own strengths.
Parents who are worn down by daily demands, or anyone feeling stuck by relationship tension or career stress, can expect practical tools and a steady, compassionate presence. Kathryn aims to support clearer coping, improved communication, and more manageable routines. She describes her work as collaborative.
People outline their goals, and she helps design steps to reach them, adjusting as needs change over time.
What Kathryn works with
Everything Kathryn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kathryn helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
She often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or depression. This approach is goal-oriented and useful for stress, low mood, and relationship strain.She also uses trauma-focused techniques to help people process difficult events and reduce the ways those memories affect daily life. That work moves at the client’s pace and pairs practical coping skills with careful attention to safety and timing.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients have a say about pace, focus, and which techniques feel most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Kathryn
What concerns does Kathryn commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is person-centered and practical. She uses evidence-based techniques and life-experience informed methods with a focus on strengths and useful skills.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 24 years of experience, including work in emergency services and community mental health, plus experience related to adoption and foster-care situations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, credentialed in New Hampshire, and practices in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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