About Kathy
Kathy Rubendall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She works with those coping with grief, bipolar disorder, relationship strain, and self-esteem concerns. Kathy also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping problems, career change, and compassion fatigue.
Her style is warm and interactive. She aims to build trust through respect and acceptance. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals.
How Kathy works
Kathy listens carefully and partners with clients to find what helps. Kathy blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies when helpful.
That mix lets her tailor plans to each person's needs and situation. She has worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment issues, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and family of origin concerns. Kathy brings long experience addressing substance use, body image, codependency, and communication problems.
People come for short-term problem solving as well as longer work on deeper issues. Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress and build practical skills for everyday life. Kathy focuses on clear steps clients can try between meetings.
Kathy lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kathy works with
The areas below are the ones Kathy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Kathy’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on the client’s priorities and perspective. It puts the person’s goals and values at the center and guides the pace of change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kathy will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to try skill-building from CBT or DBT, motivational techniques for change, or short-term solution-focused steps and adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and practice of new skills. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules.
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