About Kenneth
Kenneth Catalanotte is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of practice. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. His style is practical and collaborative, aiming to help people regain control of day-to-day life.
He uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. Sessions often involve setting small goals and trying concrete strategies between meetings. He blends client-centered listening with approaches that look at thoughts, behavior, and life meaning to find useful steps forward.
Background and approach
Over his career he has supported people facing trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, and complicated grief. He has experience with intimacy and relationship struggles, workplace stress, and burnout or compassion fatigue. People also seek his help for sleep and eating concerns, anger, and questions about life purpose.
His work balances empathy with practical problem solving. He aims for clear next steps rather than long lists of interpretations. He encourages collaboration so the person remains an active partner in making changes.
Kenneth holds an LCSW, licensed in Illinois, and offers help in English. He adapts the pace and methods to each person’s needs and focuses on attainable progress rather than quick fixes.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration; the therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what matters, and helps set goals that feel meaningful. This approach helps people who need empathy and a space to make clear choices about change.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. It is practical and often includes tasks between sessions to practice new skills.
Existential therapy looks at life meaning, choices, and purpose, and can help people facing big life changes, isolation, or questions about direction. It encourages honest reflection and finding values that guide action.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals, and try methods that match your needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can fit a short break during the day, chat can work for quick check-ins, and messaging lets people send updates or questions between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity when schedules shift.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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