Kathleen Eager-Ariz, LPC

Kathleen Eager-Ariz helps people overwhelmed by busy lives slow down and reconnect with what matters most. She recognizes how work, school, parenting, and other responsibilities can pile up and leave individuals feeling exhausted, unmotivated, and uncertain about purpose. By pausing to examine daily habits, emotional responses, and intuition, she guides clients toward greater presence and clearer direction in life.

She believes in each person’s capacity for resilience and growth, while acknowledging that trauma and long-standing patterns can make change feel out of reach. Therapy with Kathleen focuses on exploring what keeps someone stuck and offering practical support and guidance to make meaningful adjustments. She has experience addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, relationship concerns, and parenting challenges.

Kathleen’s therapeutic style is collaborative, person-centered, and solution focused. She is friendly, passionate, optimistic, and shows up authentically in the therapy room. She frequently draws on psychodynamic perspectives as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate. Kathleen holds an LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and tailors her approach to fit each client’s unique needs.

How Kathleen’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and identify values to guide meaningful action. It can be useful for managing anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions by focusing on what matters most rather than trying to eliminate every difficult feeling.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, nonjudgmental listening, and collaboration so clients feel heard and supported as they explore goals and challenges. This approach is well suited to building self-understanding, strengthening relationships, and navigating transition or identity concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and modifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, and practical problem solving by teaching skills that produce observable changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Kathleen will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts strategies over time to reflect what is most effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Kathleen offers flexible access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and receive consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location.