About Kathryn
Kathryn Fortune-Gallagher is a licensed clinical social worker with more than three decades of practice. She started in education and moved into clinical therapy, bringing long experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. Kathryn is known for a practical, down-to-earth way of working and for treating each person with respect.
She uses a solution-focused approach to help clients set clear goals and take small, achievable steps. Kathryn also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to build coping skills for stress and anxiety.
Background and approach
Trauma-focused methods guide work with people who have a history of abuse or other traumatic events. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented. Kathryn helps people break problems into manageable parts and practices skills they can use between sessions.
She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, codependency, grief, and life changes. Kathryn’s background includes long experience with learning disabilities and intellectual disability, and she adapts pace and materials to match each person’s needs. Her training as an LMSW and LCSW informs a clinical approach grounded in evidence-based methods.
She practices from New Mexico and conducts sessions in English. People who prefer online care can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kathryn has worked with a wide range of concerns across her 32-year career and focuses on creating clear steps forward.
How Kathryn’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Online sessions use methods that suit practical problem-solving and coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and shifting unhelpful thoughts and building concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy centers sessions on clear, short-term goals and small steps that can be practiced between meetings. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process stressful memories and develop safety and regulation skills when past events affect current life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathryn will help clients choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She discusses options and adjusts the pace and techniques based on what helps someone make steady progress.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, on-the-go ways to track progress or get coping ideas between sessions. These options aim to increase access and convenience for people seeking help.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, New York, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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