About Kathy
Kathy Maddox is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of clinical experience based in Georgia. She starts from the view that each person knows their story best and brings strengths to work through hard moments. She recognizes that beginning therapy takes courage and offers steady support for that first step.
Her practice focuses on relationship strain, family and parenting concerns, anger, and coping with life changes. She also helps people dealing with abandonment, body image struggles, caregiver stress, and chronic illness or pain.
Background and approach
Communication problems, control issues, and the fallout from divorce or separation are common topics in her work. Kathy addresses emotional experiences like guilt, shame, isolation, and impulsivity. She supports people facing midlife transitions, questions about life purpose, and financial stress.
Panic attacks and panic disorder are also areas she works with alongside broader coping strategies. Sessions aim to explore practical steps and clearer communication rather than solely talking about feelings. Clients can expect focused conversations that identify patterns and test small changes between meetings.
Kathy emphasizes strengths and realistic steps that feel achievable for everyday life. People who will likely connect well with her are those wanting direct guidance, clearer communication skills, and help navigating life transitions. She offers therapy in English and works with international clients by providing remote options.
The first step is a short matching questionnaire to get started and schedule sessions.
Evidence-based approaches for online support
Two evidence-based techniques often used in her work are problem-focused strategies and skills-based communication coaching. Problem-focused strategies break larger issues into manageable steps and help with tasks like reducing panic attacks, managing anger, or handling chronic illness. Communication coaching teaches concrete ways to say what you need, set boundaries, and repair misunderstandings in close relationships.Another common thread is strengths-oriented work that builds on what already goes well. This approach looks for existing resources and daily routines to expand, which can help with feelings of isolation, guilt, or low self-worth. Together, therapist and client decide which methods fit best for the concern at hand and adjust the plan as things change; finding the right approach is collaborative and tailored to goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, homework, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on emotional and practical goals across different situations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English