Kathleen did not initially set out in her career to be a counselor. Throughout the course of her education and work post graduation Kathleen held onto her goal of finding purposeful work that helped people and the values of the social work code of ethics. These two things guided Kathleen to counseling and she has never looked back.

Kathleen hasn't met a person who she isn't interested in working with. She acknowledges that it is helpful with clients are patient with themselves while on their healing journey.

Kathleen is excited to work with all people, but especially ones who are committed to doing the work.

Kathleen believe in practice and that sometimes it takes time to make changes or develop new habits. There is no limit on how many times you can start practicing a new habit.

Kathleen chose to practice at Thriveworks because of Thriveworks goal of increasing access to mental health care.

Kathleen is inspired by perseverance.

In a first session with Kathleen clients can expect someone who is ready to work with them to create a plan that is tailored to their needs.

Kathleen wants to get to know the person and what they are hoping to accomplish.

Kathleen is an easy going person who prioritizes what her clients need.

Kathleen likes to dance, learn karate, cook, and spend time with her family.

Kathleen is someone who will find a way. She believes that everything will work out 'one way or another' this has helped her move forwards through complicated times. Kathleen's resilience has helped her when she unexpectedly needed to find a new internship while pursuing her bachelors and when that new internship unexpectedly became virtual. Kathleen's resilience has also helped her live out of a suitcase for a year while moving from Maryland to South Carolina, through the loss of friends, and while caring for her family while her husband was deployed.

Kathleen's client who reported the most success was someone who came in with a lot of inner turmoil. They experienced intense emotions, a lot of anger, and had a negative self image. However, they came to therapy determined to put in the effort inside and outside of session. They tried different coping skills and put in research on their own time; bringing into session what they had learned. This client also worked on being patient with themselves. There were several times that an issue they wanted to work on required more time to resolve then they were hoping for. However, this client kept practicing their coping skills and reminding themselves of their goals and overtime they were rewarded with progress.