- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Attachment-focused work
About Kathryn
Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, career concerns, stress, anxiety, and issues tied to trauma and abuse. Kathryn also supports people dealing with self-esteem, depression, anger, sleep problems, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related struggles.
She draws on practical, person-focused approaches including Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Her style is conversational and direct. Conversations aim to help people notice what they already know and try small changes that feel manageable.
Kathryn often frames work around attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current feelings. She uses Emotionally-Focused ideas to name emotions and help people recognize what they need in relationships. Mindfulness techniques are used for grounding, managing strong emotions, and improving focus when stress or grief feels overwhelming.
Her practice includes topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and body image concerns. She also addresses communication problems, commitment and control issues, codependency, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters.
Sessions are presented in a straightforward manner that prioritizes clear goals and practical steps. Kathryn encourages people to consider which approaches feel most useful and to start with small, achievable changes. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Approach-focused online therapy and practical tools
Kathryn uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the client's perspective, listening for what matters most and responding without directing. This approach helps people speak about guilt, shame, and relationship concerns in their own words.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT offers concrete steps for managing anxiety, sleep problems, and repetitive self-critical thinking. Attachment-based ideas are brought in to look at how early relationship patterns influence current intimacy and trust issues.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative step. She works with clients to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences rather than imposing a single model. That means trying one idea for a few sessions and adjusting if something else would fit better.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking. The platform instructions guide you through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commute time so conversations can happen between other commitments. Confirm the specific session formats offered when you schedule to make sure they fit your routine.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, grief, parenting, career changes, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and related challenges such as self-esteem and depression.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses client-centered conversation along with cognitive-behavioral and attachment-informed ideas to name emotions, explore patterns, and try small changes in thinking and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 30 years of experience working with adults on a wide range of life and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices with that credential in the state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking through the platform's scheduling steps.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.