About Kathleen
Kathleen Hartman-McCarthy helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. Kathleen provides a calm, direct approach for people who need practical strategies and steady support.
She holds a master’s degree in social work and is licensed in Indiana and Michigan as a clinical social worker - LMSW and LCSW. Kathleen brings 25 years of counseling experience to sessions.
How Kathleen works
Her background includes work with mood disorders, postpartum depression, women's issues, compassion fatigue, and veteran and armed forces issues. Her style is warm and person-focused. She listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals.
Sessions include learning coping skills, trying new ways to handle stress, and addressing patterns that keep problems going. Kathleen uses a few practical approaches. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Client-centered and solution-focused ideas help shape sessions around the person’s immediate concerns and strengths. People can expect straightforward guidance and tools they can use between sessions.
Kathleen aims to help people improve daily functioning and feel more like themselves again.
Kathleen lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Kathleen works with
The areas below are the ones Kathleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that fit online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes because it focuses on actions rather than just changing thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She will try a method, check how it’s working, and adjust the plan together so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief updates or step-by-step skill practice easier between appointments. These options help people fit care around work, childcare, or busy days while still using ACT and CBT techniques.
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