About Kathleen
Kathleen Cooley is a licensed master social worker with 40 years of experience. She understands how hard it can feel to reach out for help. She aims to make people feel heard and respected while they talk about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life changes.
She meets people where they are and uses straightforward methods to reduce distress. Kathleen leans on cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered listening and attachment-based thinking to build trust and safety in conversation. Her background includes work in schools, college settings, and adult mental health. She has supported people coping with sexual and other abuse, suicidality, selective mutism, mood disorders, and adjustment difficulties.
She also has experience with caregiver stress, aging concerns, and issues around family of origin and communication. Kathleen prefers video sessions because she values seeing facial expressions and body language during work together. She is also available for phone, live chat, or text-based messaging when that fits a person's needs.
Sessions follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Her practical approach focuses on clear steps and real-life goals. Kathleen helps people build coping skills, manage symptoms, and plan changes one step at a time.
She encourages anyone who is worried to take the first step and reach out.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Kathleen uses this to help people notice how they seek comfort or avoid closeness, which can clarify relationship and trust issues. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify troubling thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kathleen will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She works collaboratively to try methods and adjust them over time so the work fits the person's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is her preferred way to work because it makes it easier to read facial expressions and nonverbal cues. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not convenient. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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