Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
How Kathleen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kathleen
Kathleen Griffin is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, relationship strain, grief, or big life changes. Kathleen also supports people facing career setbacks, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what you want to change and small steps to try between meetings. Kathleen tailors the pace and methods to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, as well as trauma and attachment-related problems. She draws on several therapy approaches to match a person’s needs. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and better day-to-day coping.
In session she uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy alongside client-centered listening. Dialectical behavior strategies and attachment-based ideas are added when they fit the issue at hand. Kathleen explains techniques in plain language and practices them together with the person she is seeing.
She offers phone and video sessions, plus live chat or text-based messaging for shorter check-ins. To start, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions based on therapist availability.
What Kathleen works with
Everything Kathleen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kathleen's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kathleen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions aligned with personal values; it can help with anxiety, anger, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, useful for depression, worry, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and managing intimate concerns.Kathleen treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She listens to each person’s goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. Progress is checked together and plans are adjusted when needed so the approach fits the person.
Online work can be more flexible for busy schedules. Video calls let the therapist and client speak face to face for full sessions. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option for focused conversations. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to talk. These options make it easier to stay consistent and to fit therapy into a workday, school schedule, or caregiving routine.
Questions people ask about Kathleen
What concerns does Kathleen help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, career strain, parenting stress, trauma, and many life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative with straightforward tools and clear steps to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with mood, attachment, and life-change concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an Illinois LCPC, licensed in Illinois and practicing from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for shorter check-ins.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.