Kathryn Eden, LICSW, LCSW

Kathryn Eden is a licensed clinical social worker with 34 years of professional experience working with adults and young adults. She focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, depression, and the many challenges that come with life transitions. Kathryn approaches each person as the expert of their own story and builds on individual strengths to address problems that feel overwhelming. She emphasizes a client-centered, collaborative relationship in which self-awareness, emotional processing, and practical skill building are central to progress.

Her work often supports people navigating adjustment difficulties - including those moving toward independent living or managing the demands of college - as well as clients facing grief, family conflicts, compassion fatigue, low self-esteem, and issues of attachment and abandonment. Kathryn integrates insight-oriented and supportive techniques with mindfulness practices and cognitive behavioral approaches to help clients explore patterns, shift unhelpful thinking, and develop coping strategies.

She also acknowledges the human-animal bond and supports clients who find comfort and symptom relief through relationships with pets. Kathryn holds the LICSW and LCSW credentials - LICSW meaning Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LCSW meaning Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and maintains licensure across states to serve clients in a professional, compassionate practice.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Kathryn uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress-related reactions. This approach focuses on changing thinking and behavior to improve day-to-day functioning. She also applies psychodynamic techniques to explore how past relationships and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and interactions - this can be useful for addressing attachment issues, relationship difficulties, and long-standing emotional patterns.

In addition, Kathryn draws on solution-focused methods that emphasize clients' strengths and immediate goals, helping people generate actionable steps and notice progress quickly. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - Kathryn works with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as therapy unfolds.

Online therapy with Kathryn is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent care from home or while traveling, support timely check-ins between sessions, and allow clients to engage in therapy in the format that fits their life.