About Kathleen
Kathleen Borgeson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience who helps people navigate grief, anxiety, stress, and life changes. She offers steady support for those coping with loss, low self-esteem, career shifts, parenting strains, relationship worries, and compassion fatigue. Kathleen writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Her style is warm and patient. Sessions focus on helping people name their feelings, figure out what they need, and take small practical steps forward.
Background and approach
She uses techniques that encourage reflection, build coping skills, and clarify goals so daily life becomes more manageable. Kathleen uses narrative approaches to help clients tell and reframe their stories. She also draws on mindfulness to reduce overwhelm and motivational interviewing to strengthen personal motivation.
Cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused strategies are woven in to create concrete tools for changing unhelpful patterns. People working with Kathleen can expect a conversational, goal-oriented process. She aims to help people return to a more stable level of functioning after loss, setback, or times of increased stress.
The work often mixes skill practice, short-term goal planning, and steady emotional support. Based in California, Kathleen brings years of clinical experience to each conversation. Her approach centers on listening first, then building a practical plan that fits each person’s needs and pace.
Evidence-based approaches for online support
Many of the techniques Kathleen uses focus on reshaping thoughts and daily habits. Cognitive-behavioral strategies help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety or depression. These methods provide practical exercises and homework to build new coping skills.Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to lower arousal and stay present. Short breathing exercises, grounding techniques, and attention practices can reduce overwhelm and make emotions easier to manage in the moment. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify their goals and boosts commitment to change through guided conversation and reflection.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, pace, and goals. This is a shared process that may shift as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and skill practice, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or continuing work between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people balancing home, work, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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