About Kathleen
Kathleen Bass is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and mood concerns. She works with adults facing addictions, anger, intimacy questions, and issues around self-esteem and life purpose. Kathleen aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for people to begin change.
She keeps conversations straightforward and goal-oriented. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer ways of thinking.
Background and approach
Kathleen adapts plans to each person instead of using one fixed method. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new behaviors, and setting short-term, achievable goals.
For someone coping with panic attacks, trauma, or recurring patterns, this mix offers structure and immediate tools. Clients can expect collaborative work that balances problem-solving with emotional support. Kathleen pays attention to communication patterns and attachment concerns that often lie beneath surface problems.
She also addresses issues like abandonment, control struggles, and guilt and shame when they come up. With a long career in Texas, Kathleen brings steady experience to sessions and adjusts pace to each person. She invites people to take small, practical steps toward their goals and supports them through hard moments and setbacks.
Online approaches that focus on change and problem solving
Kathleen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or depression, then try practical changes to thought and behavior. CBT is useful for panic attacks, persistent worry, and mood shifts because it breaks concerns into clear, manageable parts.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on strengths and immediate goals. This approach looks for small, concrete steps a person can take now to move toward the life they want, making it useful for relationship issues, career decisions, and coping with loss.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting plans as progress is made. She aims to blend structured techniques with emotional support so the plan fits the person.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a lunch break. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy going around work, travel, or a busy household.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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