About Kathryn
Kathryn Douglas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Illinois. She has nearly two decades of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety and navigate life changes. Kathryn speaks plainly and focuses on skills people can use between sessions.
She often uses practical behavior-focused tools alongside cognitive-behavioral techniques to address worries, low mood, addictions, sleep problems, and self-esteem concerns. Kathryn also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify small, doable changes that reduce daily stress. Her background includes long-term work in diverse mental health settings beginning in 2004. Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Education in Counseling from Quincy University, plus a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Penn State.
She has added advanced graduate study in sociology and forensic psychology. In therapy she combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, and Solution-Focused techniques. That mix allows her to match straightforward coping strategies with values-based choices and practical problem solving.
Work is collaborative, with goals set together and progress checked regularly. People looking for help with relationships, parenting stress, career strain, or intense worry may find this approach useful. Kathryn focuses on realistic steps, clear communication, and building routines that support lasting change.
How Kathryn's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction while reducing the power of anxious thoughts. It can be useful for worry, low mood, and coping with life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, sleep difficulties, and depression. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so clients can explore concerns at their own pace and find their own solutions.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges to decide which methods to try first. Sessions can mix techniques so people get tools for immediate relief and strategies for longer-term change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video works well for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging makes brief check-ins or coaching-style support possible between appointments. These formats make it easier to keep consistent care while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Missouri, California
- Languages
- English
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