About Kathleen
Kathleen Neiswonger is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people feel less overwhelmed and find direction again. She listens with care and works to understand what matters to each person. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that keep people stuck. Kathleen also uses client-centered methods, which means the person sets the pace and goals while she offers guidance and reflection.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are woven in when helpful to build calm and focus. Kathleen has four years of professional counseling experience and a background that includes school counseling and teaching middle and high school English. She has worked in community mental health and independent practice settings, so she understands a range of everyday struggles.
That variety helps her match tools to real life situations. People come to her with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. She also supports those dealing with parenting issues, anger, impulsivity, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD-related challenges.
Kathleen is comfortable addressing feelings of guilt, shame, emptiness, and midlife questions. Clients can expect a collaborative approach that blends short-term problem-solving with deeper work on values and purpose. Kathleen respects spiritual beliefs and will explore them if the client wants.
Her aim is to help people reconnect with what energizes them and move toward a more engaged life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person directs what matters most in sessions. This approach is useful for people who want a therapist who follows their pace and priorities while offering steady support.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety, depression, or impulsivity, and replaces them with more helpful patterns. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to practice between sessions to see real change.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can be especially helpful for stress and ADHD-related difficulties. These practices are short and easy to use during a busy day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day reality. Adjustments are made as progress happens so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can handle quick check-ins or brief support between appointments. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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