About Kathleen
Kathleen Bass is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting strain, grief, and substance issues. Kathleen aims to create a respectful and nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels most urgent to them.
Her approach is practical and personalized. She listens to what a person wants to change and builds a plan around those goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and focused on skills you can use between sessions. Kathleen uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to address day-to-day problems and longer-term patterns. That can mean identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, or setting small, achievable steps toward a clearer goal.
She often helps people facing issues like anger, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, career worries, and the effects of trauma or panic attacks. Kathleen also supports people dealing with divorce, abandonment, and feelings of isolation or shame. Clients can expect a collaborative style where the counselor and client work together to track progress.
Kathleen emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while tailoring conversations and plans to each person’s situation.
How Kathleen Uses Practical Approaches Online
Kathleen draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy when working online. CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems like anxiety, depression, panic, and anger active. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying clear goals and small, manageable steps to move toward those goals rather than dwelling on past problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit those needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients help shape which techniques are used and how sessions proceed.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people exchange ideas and support between scheduled sessions. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work, travel, or a busy home life while still focusing on practical skills and goal work.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English