About Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen "Kathy" Meeks is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who practices in Florida. She brings 13 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, mood problems, and life transitions.
She draws on several evidence-based approaches to guide sessions. Those include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Sessions are practical and grounded, with attention to how thoughts, behaviors, and relationships affect daily life.
How Kathleen works
Kathy works with people dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, stress, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. She also helps with parenting strain, caregiver stress, body image, communication and commitment problems, and recovery from abandonment or abuse. She addresses blended family and co-morbidity issues as they come up in therapy.
Her approach is collaborative. She listens first, then helps people set realistic goals. Therapy may include skills practice, behavior change, emotion regulation, and exploring attachment patterns that affect intimacy and communication.
Dr. Meeks offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Kathleen lists 17 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Online approaches for relationship and trauma work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values; this can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns shape current relationships and helps people shift those patterns to improve intimacy and communication. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and stress management.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity and to fit therapy into a busy life.
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