About Kathryn
Kathryn Fortune-Gallagher is a licensed clinical social worker with more than three decades of practice. She brings 32 years of experience in both education settings and clinical therapy. Parents reading this will find clear, straightforward guidance and a calm approach to problem solving.
She works with people managing anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and codependency. She also supports those facing life changes, grief, relationship strain, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Kathryn describes her style as practical and solution-focused, aiming to help people move forward in small, concrete steps. Her training includes a Master of Social Work and she holds the LMSW and LCSW credentials. Kathryn has experience with clients who have learning differences and intellectual disability, and she integrates that background into typical session work.
She also offers Christian counseling when faith is an important part of care. Sessions are straightforward conversations where goals are set together and progress is checked regularly. Kathryn often uses short-term, goal-directed techniques to find what works for each person.
She aims to make therapy feel useful from the start. People who prefer a steady, nonjudgmental clinician often report feeling more hopeful after a few sessions. Kathryn focuses on planning next steps, improving communication, and building coping strategies that fit everyday life.
Her approach is steady and practical for parents and adults facing real-world stresses.
How Kathryn’s Methods Work Online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Online CBT often uses short exercises and practical homework to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, concrete steps toward goals. In remote sessions this can mean setting a clear task between meetings and checking progress over video, phone, or text to keep momentum.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathryn will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and try methods that match their goals. Decisions about which approach to use are made together and adjusted as progress is seen.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit short updates, coaching-style guidance, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options help therapy fit into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, New York, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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