About Kathleen
Kathleen Hove is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who blends practical therapy methods with a warm, down-to-earth manner. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and challenges like sleep problems or low self-esteem. Kathleen writes and talks simply so parents and busy adults can follow along without jargon.
She has practiced in mental health for 10 years and draws on a range of approaches to meet different needs.
Background and approach
That experience includes work with domestic violence and post-traumatic stress, and she often helps people coping with major life changes, grief, or compassion fatigue. ADHD is listed among her focus areas and she addresses attention and organization concerns alongside emotional symptoms. Sessions aim to be collaborative.
Kathleen listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps people choose practical steps that suit their lives. She brings empathy and, when it fits, a gentle sense of humor to ease hard conversations. Therapy may include talking through patterns, learning ways to manage difficult feelings, and practicing new skills between sessions.
She uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, and trauma-focused work such as EMDR when appropriate. Kathleen works with each person to find what helps them move forward. Located in Minnesota, Kathleen offers common online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Her approach is straightforward and focused on small, useful changes that add up over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It focuses on building a meaningful life even when uncomfortable feelings remain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that can reduce the intensity of painful memories through structured, targeted work.Kathleen treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will listen to your goals, try methods that seem likely to help, and adjust as you go. That collaborative process helps match techniques to your needs and comfort level rather than sticking to a single method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera isn’t practical. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share short updates, or have brief check-ins during a busy day. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or family routines while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Colorado, Arkansas
- Languages
- English
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