About Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen Jager is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and low self-esteem.
Her style is respectful and compassionate, and she works to make each person feel heard. She starts by listening to what matters most to the client. Then she tailors conversations and practical steps to fit each person’s life and goals.
How Kathleen works
Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what will help day to day. Dr. Jager uses a mix of approaches that match the problem and the person.
She draws on client-centered work to build trust and understanding. She also uses cognitive behavioral methods to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Narrative and solution-focused ideas shape many sessions, helping people reframe painful stories and find concrete next steps.
Trauma-focused strategies are used when past harm affects current functioning. These tools are chosen to reduce symptoms and improve coping skills. Her additional experience includes adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, caregiver stress, family of origin problems, and first responder issues.
She also addresses guilt, shame, isolation, life purpose, women's issues, and challenges common to young adults. Dr. Jager aims to make therapy practical and relevant.
She supports clients as they work through setbacks, build resilience, and move toward clearer goals.
Kathleen lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and following the client's lead, helping people feel heard and understood during hard moments. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-focused therapy targets the impact of past harm and uses structured techniques to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and needs and recommend methods that fit each person's situation. That collaborative decision may blend elements from different approaches as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats increase flexibility and help people access consistent support from licensed professionals.
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