- Client-centered listening
- CBT techniques
- Emotion-focused work
About Kathryn
Dr. Kathryn (Kitty) Klee is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 33 years of practice. She works with adults on family conflict, parenting challenges, self-esteem, motivation, and coping with life changes. Her profile notes work with trauma, addictions, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related concerns as well as sleep and career struggles.
Kitty approaches sessions assuming clients know their own story. She treats people as collaborators and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing and practical steps to try between meetings.
Her background includes long-term clinical work across many common concerns such as depression, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief related to adoption or abandonment. She also notes experience with attachment issues, autism spectrum matters, and sexual subcultures like BDSM and kink when those topics are relevant to a client’s goals.
In sessions she uses familiar therapeutic methods such as client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, dialectical strategies for emotion regulation, and emotionally-focused ideas to clarify relationship patterns. Existential perspectives may be used to address meaning and values when those questions arise.
People who come for help with shame or lingering guilt will find a practitioner who emphasizes practical change and steady conversation. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s matching flow to schedule a first meeting and complete a short questionnaire before the session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with attention and reflecting what matters to the client. Online sessions using this approach usually center on the client’s perspective and on building practical next steps that feel doable between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions CBT often involves short exercises, thought logs, and homework that can be discussed and adjusted together during the meeting.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Online DBT work typically teaches specific skills such as grounding, distress tolerance, and communication strategies that clients can practice in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust over time based on what helps.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as the biography does not list formats explicitly. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Ask about how sessions are scheduled and how the subscription billing works when you complete the matching questionnaire.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with family conflict, parenting, self-esteem, coping with life changes, ADHD, addictions, relationships, trauma, intimacy-related issues, sleep, career, depression, and compassion fatigue.
How does she approach shame or guilt?
She treats clients as experts on their own story, uses conversational work to identify strengths, and applies practical techniques to reduce the hold of shame and guilt over time.
What is her professional background?
She holds an Illinois LCPC and has 33 years of professional work experience in clinical settings.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed as an LCPC in Illinois.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.