Ready for a change?
Hi! I'm Kathleen. I'm a therapist based in Northwest Philadelphia. I work with people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, people-pleasing and difficult life transitions. I offer therapy both in an office setting and outdoors at Wissahickon Park for "walk-and-talk" therapy.
I know what it's like to feel imprisoned by anxiety, depression and "shoulds"—to have an inner critic so loud and persistent you feel like you're drowning. I've been there. And I know it can feel like the only way out is to try even harder, to grit your teeth and just do better already. But I also know how exhausting that is, and that it never seems to last.
The type of therapy I practice, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), supports people in changing their relationship to inner struggles and finding new ways of "being" that free you up to breathe and just be yourself. You can begin shifting away from the rigid control tactics that don’t work on your emotions and instead embrace your emotions and inner experience in a way that fosters true growth, flexibility and peace.
Specializing in Anxiety Treatment, Depression and People-Pleasing
Anxiety
Escape your minds' "hamster-wheels" of doom and find relief from all the noise in your head that leaves you feeling tense and overwhelmed. Connect with your emotions and sense of self in a deeper way that breaks through anxiety's grip on your life.
Life transitions
Navigate the stress and change of life transitions flexibly, coming out the other side more "yourself" than when you started. Get to the root of your fears and learn to face them as friends, empowered to own who you are and know how to be "you" even in new and challenging circumstances.
Depression
Break free from the tyranny of negative self-talk and "shoulds" that clutter your mind and steal your energy. Get to the root of what's bothering you and create space to breathe and feel like yourself again.
Relationship Issues
Get to the source of your reactivity and work on the heart of what's keeping you in difficult cycles. It's easy to just address the symptoms of relationship issues, but often deeper fears and hurts--once addressed--make a more efficient, meaningful and healing impact.
People-pleasing
Find the inner peace and confidence to welcome your needs in your decisions. Learn how to handle fears and insecurities that show up when you set boundaries, and lower the emotional stakes on situations where you need to say no.
Ecological grief
Sometimes our problems are external to us, but the pain they cause is certainly not. Ecological grief and anxiety are hard to speak about and to process. Together we can honor your grief and move through your anxiety while still living out your values.
Where we can meet:
In office in West Mount Airy
Meet at my sunny plant-filled office space on Germantown Ave in the heart of West Mount Airy.
At Wissahickon Park for walk-and-talk therapy
Let nature and movement deepen your therapy work by walking as we talk at the Wissahickon.
Virtually via Zoom
Meet from the comfort of your own home. I can see clients from anywhere in Pennsylvania.