About Kathy
Kathy Duncan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee with three decades of experience in mental health. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. Kathy speaks plainly and aims to put people at ease from the first conversation.
Kathy has worked for many years helping people manage mood disorders, substance use concerns, anger, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She also supports people facing grief, relationship strain, sleep problems, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term practice as an LCSW and extensive clinical experience in community and clinical settings. In session she draws on cognitive behavioral ideas alongside client-centered and psychodynamic approaches. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, honors each person's experience, and looks at how past experiences can shape current feelings.
Sessions are offered with an open, non-judgmental tone and a focus on building a dependable working relationship. Kathy aims for clear, usable strategies rather than jargon. She helps people set small goals, practice coping skills, and try out new ways of handling stress between sessions.
Her style is warm and empathetic while staying focused on concrete change. People who want straightforward guidance on anxiety, trauma, addiction concerns, or relationship struggles may find her approach helpful. The work emphasizes collaboration and steady progress over time.
How Kathy’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns in close connections. Kathy uses it to help people notice repeating relationship patterns and build more stable ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. This approach is useful for anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and changing unhelpful thinking habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathy collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She may blend approaches over time so sessions stay practical and focused on what matters most to the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use face-to-face interaction for practicing skills. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick reflections, updates between sessions, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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