About Kathleen
Kathleen (Kathy) Malone is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of experience working with people through major life shifts. She focuses on practical support for grief, intimacy and relationship concerns, parenting challenges, and changes that affect self-esteem and motivation. Kathy aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can speak honestly about what matters to them.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful action.
Background and approach
Client-centered techniques guide the pace of sessions so people set the agenda and feel heard. Kathy also incorporates mindfulness practices to help manage stress and difficult emotions. Kathy works with a wide range of concerns including career questions, compassion fatigue, aging and geriatric issues, and the emotional effects of serious illness such as cancer and end-of-life caregiving.
She also addresses attachment patterns, codependency, infidelity, and family of origin problems. Sessions are practical and focused on small, doable steps toward change. Her style is steady and nonjudgmental.
She helps clients name hard feelings like guilt, shame, emptiness, and grief, and then builds simple tools to cope and move forward. Kathy also offers coaching-oriented conversations for people clarifying life purpose or navigating midlife transitions. Therapy can be scheduled in formats that fit modern life, and Kathy works with individuals to tailor goals and strategies.
She encourages people to take the first step and will support them through the process of change.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It is useful for coping with life changes, low motivation, and questions about purpose. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a listening, nonjudgmental stance where the person leads the conversation and sets the pace. This approach can help with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and processing grief.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they may try one method first and adjust as progress is made or new needs arise.
Online sessions are offered using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when a shorter touchpoint is preferred. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and geographic distance.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English