Kathleen Connolly , LICSW

Kathleen Connolly is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate major life changes, manage stress and anxiety, and rebuild self-esteem. Kathleen works with issues related to career shifts, relationships, grief, trauma, and challenges tied to identity, including LGBT concerns.

Her approach values the relationship between therapist and client. She treats therapy as a shared journey of self-discovery and practical problem solving. Sessions focus on identifying strengths, naming challenges, and setting realistic steps toward change.

Kathleen uses straightforward methods drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and narrative ideas. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavior changes, and reframe personal stories that hold them back. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also shape how she supports decision-making and coping.

She has worked across many settings and with a wide range of adults. That experience informs how she frames issues like aging, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and complex mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She also addresses body image, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and relationship and attachment difficulties.

Sessions are offered from Massachusetts in English and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Kathleen asks clients to schedule appointments through the site and complete a brief matching questionnaire before booking.

How Kathleen’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Client-centered work places the person’s experience at the center of sessions. It focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and helping people make sense of their choices and values. This approach helps when someone is facing big transitions or questions about identity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions interact. By noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes, people can reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and improve sleep and daily routines. Narrative Therapy helps people tell and reshape the stories they carry about themselves, which can be useful for body image, attachment wounds, and feelings of emptiness.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most, so therapy can be a practical, evolving process.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls let people work face to face; phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth; chat or messaging can be used for quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for different needs and lifestyles.