About Kathy
Kathy Boaz-Chavez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood shifts, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She focuses on building confidence and improving self-esteem so people can feel steadier day to day. Kathy uses plain language and a calm presence to make difficult topics easier to talk about.
She emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can name their thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify practical steps for coping with panic, low mood, guilt, shame, and isolation. Work may include coping skills for panic attacks and strategies to stabilize mood swings. Kathy blends client-centered care with evidence-informed techniques.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is often used to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills may be introduced for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and strengthen present-moment awareness.
Existential ideas help clients clarify values and life purpose during midlife shifts or major transitions. Together these tools address issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, and feelings tied to grief or postpartum depression. Her practice in Texas reflects six years of professional experience working with mood disorders, panic disorder, personality challenges, and the effects of domestic violence.
Kathy encourages gradual progress and centers each session on what the individual needs right now.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience without judgment; it helps people feel heard and lets them steer the pace and topics of their work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers concrete techniques to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship stresses.Finding the right mix of approaches usually happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Sessions are collaborative, so methods can be adjusted over time to fit what actually helps in daily life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue work even when travel or childcare makes in-person visits hard.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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