Kathleen Sutton, LCPC, LPC

Kathleen Sutton is a licensed therapist with 11 years of clinical experience who brings a background in parenting coaching and education to her therapeutic work. She holds the credentials LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and has supported people across the lifespan, working with clients from age three through ninety-three in residential treatment centers, outpatient group practice, correctional facilities, assisted living settings, and a community-based art therapy collective.

Kathleen specializes in helping people navigate life transitions, build self-esteem, manage anxiety and depression, and recover from trauma and abusive relationships. She has a particular interest in supporting women seeking empowerment and adults who are navigating the process of aging. Her practice also addresses parenting and family dynamics, ADHD, grief, addictions, relationship and communication difficulties, compassion fatigue, and a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

Her therapeutic stance is strengths-based and client-centered, grounded in an authentic therapeutic relationship that aims to make clients feel heard and respected. She incorporates mindfulness, trauma-informed talk therapy, somatic approaches that attend to the body and nervous system, and expressive arts techniques to facilitate emotional expression, insight, and healing. When appropriate she offers psychoeducation to help clients develop practical practices for self-acceptance, self-regulation, and self-care. Kathleen approaches each person collaboratively, helping them uncover resilience and build skills that support lasting change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take steps toward a meaningful life even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It blends mindfulness with practical strategies for noticing thoughts without getting stuck and committing to actions that reflect personal priorities, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating that develop from early relationships and explores how those patterns show up in current connections. It can help people improve trust, emotional regulation, and intimacy in relationships by working to build safer, more secure ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, empathic therapeutic relationship in which the therapist follows the client's lead and helps them access their own strengths and insight. This approach supports self-exploration, self-acceptance, and empowerment across a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, grief, and recovery from difficult experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kathleen collaborates with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds. The therapist and client decide together which tools and strategies will best support healing and growth.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins can be managed via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue care during life changes, and maintain regular contact with licensed professionals from a range of locations.