About Kathryn
Kathryn Klein welcomes people who are worn out, overwhelmed, or stuck and want clear, practical support. She uses straightforward conversation to help clients name what feels wrong and figure out the next steps. Kathryn draws on 15 years of experience and her Illinois LCPC credential to guide those conversations with compassion and direct feedback.
She favors a listening-first approach. Sessions often start with space to tell a story without interruption.
Background and approach
Kathryn then offers observations, coping ideas, and concrete strategies to try between sessions. The tone is down-to-earth rather than clinical, and she encourages clients to shape the work so it fits their life. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, grief, and issues around identity and relationships.
She also helps with career stress, parenting strains, compassion fatigue, and managing big life changes. Additional focuses include abandonment, family of origin concerns, codependency, infidelity, and jealousy. Kathryn uses a mix of approaches depending on the problem and the person.
That can mean problem-focused exercises, emotion-focused conversations, or deeper work about meaning and personal patterns. She explains options simply and decides together with each client which direction to take. Sessions are offered in English and Kathryn accepts international clients.
Communication-based formats are used so clients can connect in ways that fit their schedules and needs. She aims to make therapy practical, humane, and useful from the first conversations.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy puts the client's experience first. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client's priorities to help them find their own solutions. This works well for people who want a steady, respectful space to sort through feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical steps people can take to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often include simple exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people track and name emotions and how those feelings shape relationships and reactions. It can be useful for processing grief, trauma-related responses, and recurring patterns that cause pain.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adjust methods as the relationship grows. This collaborative planning helps keep sessions relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or who prefer not to commute. Kathryn uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose the format that fits their day. Video is useful for deeper conversation, phone can fit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English