About Kathleen
Kathleen Martello helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She speaks English and Spanish and uses a calm, listening approach to help people untangle big feelings and make practical changes. Kathleen is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, with ten years of experience.
She focuses on issues such as trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and mood disorders.
How Kathleen works
Kathleen also addresses concerns like parenting strain, grief, career questions, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood shifts. Her work includes support around abandonment, attachment and codependency, communication and control problems, and recovery from domestic violence or infidelity. Her approach blends several practical methods.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new actions. Dialectical skills are employed to manage strong emotions and build balance. Client-centered work means the conversation centers on each person’s goals and values.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused. Kathleen may help clarify the root of a problem, practice interpersonal skills, and set concrete steps to try between meetings. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to connect actions to what matters most.
People can expect a warm, respectful presence and clear suggestions for next steps. Kathleen sees therapy as collaborative and practical, helping people move from feeling stuck to making steady progress.
Kathleen lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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.
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without being ruled by them and commit to actions that match their values. It is often used when someone wants clearer priorities and steadier coping for anxiety, depression, or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is practical and problem-focused, and can help with mood, stress, and anxiety by giving concrete skills to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathleen treats therapy as a collaboration and will help figure out which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited, chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing progress between meetings. These options offer flexibility to match schedules and communication styles while keeping therapy practical and focused.
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