About Kathleen
Kathleen "Kathy" Sexton-Radek is a clinical psychologist who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and sleep problems. She draws on 40 years of experience to offer steady, practical support for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck. Her work often addresses panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and the emotional impact of chronic pain, illness, or disability.
Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings and on building skills to reduce symptoms over time.
Background and approach
Kathy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. She listens for what matters most to the person in front of her and helps set achievable goals. The process is collaborative and paced to fit what the client can manage.
Over four decades in practice she has seen many ways people cope and recover. That experience informs practical strategies for sleep problems, anxiety spikes, and low mood. She emphasizes routines and small changes that add up.
People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, tools they can use at home, and an emphasis on relief that fits everyday life. She is licensed as an Illinois Psychologist and works with adults seeking help for the concerns listed above.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are practical skills training and trauma-focused work. Practical skills training teaches breathing, relaxation, sleep routines, and step-by-step methods for facing anxiety or panic attacks. These tools help when symptoms spike and for daily symptom management.Trauma-focused work helps people process upsetting memories and reduce the ways those memories affect current life. This approach is useful for post-traumatic stress and ongoing reactions to past harm, and it aims to restore more stable day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match the person's needs, goals, and how they prefer to work. Decisions are made collaboratively and adjusted as progress is observed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, on-the-go support or a way to keep momentum between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep steady contact during progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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