About Kathleen
Kathleen Wright is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 11 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults who are coping with mood shifts, relationship strain, grief, or problems tied to trauma and addiction. Kathleen offers straightforward guidance and calm support during difficult moments.
Her style is practical and based on listening first. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on small steps that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Kathleen uses tools from cognitive behavioral work to notice unhelpful thinking and from client-centered practice to shape goals with the person in front of her. She also integrates trauma-focused approaches when past events are affecting current safety or functioning. Motivational interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons to change, especially around addiction or impulsive behavior.
These methods are blended to match each person's needs rather than applied the same way for everyone. Kathleen has particular experience supporting women and young adults through mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and co-occurring concerns. She pays attention to family patterns and parenting stress while helping people build clearer boundaries and better coping skills.
Clients can expect a steady, empathetic presence and practical homework between sessions. Kathleen practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English, aiming to help people regain a sense of control and move forward one step at a time.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's goals. The therapist works to understand what matters most and helps shape goals based on that person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with daily stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathleen will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and adapt methods as the work progresses so the plan fits the individual rather than the other way around.
Online sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and shared exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules while keeping care consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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