About Kathleen
Kathleen Eager-Ariz is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. She listens with curiosity and offers straightforward ways to test small changes. Her style is warm and direct so people can begin making progress right away.
She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating struggles, and trouble with intimacy. She also supports people facing grief, addiction concerns, ADHD, and burnout from caregiving or work.
Background and approach
Kathleen helps clients untangle communication problems, feelings of emptiness, and relationship strain so they can find clearer steps ahead. In sessions she uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes the client’s goals and values. She pairs that with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense emotions.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are woven in to help people clarify what matters and take small actions toward it. Kathleen brings three years of counseling experience and holds an LPC credential in Texas. She meets people where they are and adjusts pacing to fit individual needs.
Sessions aim to build concrete skills while also making space to reflect on patterns that keep someone stuck. Her approach suits people who want a collaborative, hopeful counselor who offers both compassion and actionable steps. Kathleen works with clients over time to track what’s helping and to change course when something isn’t working.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what they care about and take small steps toward those values. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck because it focuses on actions you can try right away. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, sleep and eating problems, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel intense or overwhelming.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will assess needs, discuss goals, and try methods that fit the client’s preferences. That collaborative process means approaches can be mixed and adjusted as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a more interactive session and visual connection. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat or messaging works for short updates, skill practice, or when a written format helps process emotions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy days and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English