About Kathleen
Kathleen "Kathy" Harvey is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience in New Jersey. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, mood concerns, and the strain of major life changes. Her work also covers parenting challenges, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and issues tied to identity and relationships.
Kathy uses clear, practical methods that focus on the person's needs. Sessions emphasize honest listening, skill building, and gradual steps toward change.
How Kathleen works
She draws on approaches that help people reframe unhelpful thoughts, strengthen motivation, and address trauma when needed. <brHer practice includes support for people dealing with caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, and process addictions like gambling or problematic exercise. She also assists those coping with workplace pressure, career uncertainty, and compassion fatigue. Kathy aims to make therapy collaborative.
She works with each person to set realistic goals and choose techniques that fit their life. Meetings tend to focus on concrete tools - improving communication, managing strong emotions, and building routines that support sleep and mood.
Over her career she has helped many people recover from substance and process addictions, rebuild after breaches of trust, and find a clearer sense of purpose. Her style is steady and pragmatic, and she balances direct feedback with warmth and respect.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and work out their own solutions for issues like relationship trouble, self-esteem, and life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change thinking patterns and behaviors that keep anxiety, depression, or sleep problems going. It is useful for mood, anxiety, and coping with stressful life changes.Finding the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust them over time so sessions match the client's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to care. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations without travel. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video would be difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions, get quick coaching, or fit a short visit into a busy day.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with KathleenWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does she address?
What is her therapy style like?
How much experience does she have?
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
What session formats are available?
How does payment and cost work?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions