About Kathleen
Kathleen Wakefield is a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience in Florida. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. Kathleen draws on long clinical experience to offer steady, practical support.
She helps people who struggle with parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and addiction. She also focuses on issues that arise in blended families, military and first responder communities, and young adult transitions.
Background and approach
Kathleen pays attention to the particular pressures that come with postpartum challenges and end-of-life caregiving. Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions aim to identify what matters most to each person and build usable coping skills.
Kathleen helps clients restore self-esteem and manage mood swings related to bipolar disorder without using jargon or confusing steps. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to fit daily life. That often means practicing new ways to respond to triggers, setting small goals, and rehearsing difficult conversations.
Progress tends to come from steady practice rather than quick fixes. Clients work through relationship hurts like infidelity, anger, and prejudice-related stress at a pace that feels manageable. Kathleen supports people dealing with career strain, forgiveness work, and the emotional load of hospice and end-of-life situations.
Her approach centers on practical tools, respect, and partnership.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to help people build skills and manage symptoms. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping strategies and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns; it emphasizes clear steps and repeated practice. Another approach centers on processing life changes and trauma by helping people tell their story, make sense of painful events, and develop ways to move forward while managing strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to identify goals, assess what feels most helpful, and try methods that match needs and preferences. Adjustments are made over time so the work fits each person's pace and life demands.
Online sessions offer flexibility and multiple ways to connect. Video calls let people see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy schedule. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or a different communication style when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep steady progress while working around work, family, and other commitments.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kathleen commonly address?
What is her general therapy style like?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages and international options are available?
What session formats are offered?
How does cost and billing work?
How do I begin working with Kathleen?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English