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Kathleen Griffin, LCPC

Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Career difficulties Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am licensed in Illinois with 13 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with life transitions. Additionally, I help with relationship issues, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, career difficulties, & coping with life changes. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.

Professional experience

14yrs in practice
Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Career difficulties Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

IL LCPC 180.010989

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Kathleen Griffin. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

She listens and offers grounded insights.

Written on Oct 31, 2024 after therapy with Kathleen for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

she’s the best

Written on Oct 15, 2024 after therapy with Kathleen for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and anger management

I just met her and I felt comfortable and she touched on some things that I didn't think about before and was VERY ENCOURAGING and that's o PRO I need as well as straight forward and attentive. Doesn't get any better !

Written on Oct 05, 2024 after therapy with Kathleen for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Kathleen is attentive, caring, responsive, and always has insightful perspectives. I really like her approach and sessions.

Written on May 30, 2024 after therapy with Kathleen for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and self esteem

Very down to earth and very easy to make a connection with when it comes to getting help.

Written on Nov 29, 2023 after therapy with Kathleen for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd

I’m very happy to have someone to talk to. My therapist is so sweet and gentle.

Written on Sep 13, 2023 after therapy with Kathleen for 7 months on issues concerning relationship issues