- 40 years experience
- Video focused sessions
- Practical coping skills
About Kathleen
Kathleen Cooley, LMSW, helps people cope with stress, anxiety, panic attacks, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She has four decades of social work experience and aims to make reaching out feel less intimidating. Her manner is warm and direct, and she focuses on hearing what matters to each person.
Kathleen prefers a collaborative, face-to-face style using video sessions so both people can see each other. She also offers phone and text when needed, though she favors live video for richer interaction. She encourages people not to minimize their struggles and to bring whatever feels most pressing into the first few meetings.
Her approach is practical and flexible. Kathleen blends cognitive behavioral methods with reality-oriented techniques and adds other tools as needed. She has used cognitive processing methods in work with trauma and post-traumatic stress concerns and draws on solution-focused ideas to help people set small, manageable goals.
Over her career she has worked in schools, college settings, and mental health services. That range includes supporting people with severe mental illness, adjustment difficulties, sexual and other abuse, suicidality, and selective mutism. She also supports issues around aging, caregiving, ADHD, and mood disorders.
Sessions with Kathleen aim to balance understanding and action. Conversations cover thoughts and behaviors, attachment patterns, communication, and coping skills. She invites people to take the next step when they are ready and to use a short intake to match scheduling and needs.
How Kathleen’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early bonds shape current connections. Online sessions can be a place to talk through patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and supporting the person’s own goals. In online meetings this looks like open conversation, reflective listening, and helping clients name what they want to change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through video sessions a therapist can teach practical tools for managing anxiety, panic, or low mood and try exercises together in real time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose methods that fit the situation. This is a collaborative process that can shift as needs change.
Confirm the specific session options before booking, as formats can vary. Kathleen has said she prefers video sessions but can use phone and text when appropriate. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time while keeping focused, goal-oriented therapy moving forward.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Kathleen works with stress, anxiety including panic attacks, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and other mood or adjustment problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and direct with practical problem solving. She uses collaborative conversation and helps people set small, manageable goals.
What kind of background does she bring?
She has 40 years of experience as a social worker in schools, college settings, and mental health services, working with a wide range of concerns from severe mental illness to adjustment difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMSW, licensed in Michigan. Her practice and professional experience are based in Michigan.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are used?
She prefers video or Zoom style sessions and also offers phone and text when needed. Confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.