About Kathleen
Kathleen Cooley is a licensed social worker with 40 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and parenting concerns. She focuses on practical support for everyday problems like anger, self-esteem, career changes, ADHD, and coping with life transitions.
Kathleen prefers meeting by video so she can see clients, and she also offers phone, text, and live chat options. Kathleen aims to make first contact feel less scary.
How Kathleen works
She listens without minimizing what someone brings. Her manner is warm and straightforward, and she invites people to talk about what matters to them right now. Her clinical approach blends a few evidence-based methods, with a strong emphasis on cognitive behavioral ideas and attachment-informed thinking.
She uses solution-focused steps when people want clear next actions, and trauma-focused strategies when past harm affects daily life. Kathleen adapts techniques to each person rather than following a rigid plan. She has worked in schools, college settings, and clinical environments with a wide range of needs.
That includes people with severe mental illness, adjustment difficulties, selective mutism, and survivors of sexual and other abuse. Her experience also covers hospice and end-of-life counseling and caregiver stress. Kathleen describes herself as someone who enjoys meeting people and helping them sort through worries.
She welcomes conversations that help clients find manageable ways forward and build skills for life after therapy.
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
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Kathleen combines therapy approaches online
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect trust, communication, and emotional reactions. It can be useful for people dealing with relationship problems, attachment issues, or family of origin concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking, try different behaviors, and reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood problems.
Trauma-focused techniques concentrate on handling the effects of past harm and learning ways to feel steadier in everyday life. These methods are used when trauma or abuse is part of someone's history and is affecting current functioning.
Finding the best approach is a joint process. Kathleen will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The aim is to build practical skills and clearer coping steps together.
Online therapy offers flexibility for today’s schedules. Video calls allow visual connection and fuller conversation, phone sessions can fit a break from work or be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can serve for brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on progress.
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