Kathleen Walker, LPC

Kathleen Walker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with seven years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship concerns, grief, parenting strain, and other life challenges she lists. Kathleen also notes a focus on family of origin issues and related patterns that affect adults now.

She came to counseling after a career change in her thirties and completed about ten years of combined education and practice before arriving at her current work. Much of her caseload has involved people coping with addiction and impulse control problems. She has also supported people facing trauma, grief, eating issues, and depression.

Kathleen uses evidence-based approaches and selects methods that fit the person in front of her. She names Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy among her approaches. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer values, and coping strategies tailored to current struggles.

In session she works in a direct, conversational way to identify patterns tied to childhood and family of origin issues when those patterns matter. She helps people notice repeated interactions, communication habits, and roles that keep causing stress or conflict in adult life.

Practical goals often include reducing anxiety, managing urges related to substance use, improving emotion regulation, and sorting through grief or life changes. Kathleen asks people to describe what they want to change and then tests approaches that align with those goals.

How Kathleen’s approaches translate to online sessions