About Kathleen
Kathleen Sutton is a licensed psychotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, and struggles with self‑esteem. She also supports those coping with trauma, addiction concerns, sleep or eating problems, and caregiver strain. Kathleen brings 11 years of clinical experience to sessions and works from Nevada.
Her approach centers on building a genuine, respectful relationship. She uses somatic methods to pay attention to how feelings live in the body, alongside talk-based tools that help people notice patterns and make small changes.
Background and approach
She offers practical skills for self‑regulation and calming the nervous system. Kathleen blends evidence-informed methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed work and a client-centered attitude. Sessions can include psychoeducation, mindful practices, and exercises that help people reconnect with strengths and resources.
She may incorporate art-based ideas when helpful, and she tailors methods to each person’s needs. Her background includes work across residential and outpatient settings, correctional facilities, assisted living, and community art therapy programs. Before clinical practice she spent years as a parenting coach and educator, experience she draws on when addressing family and parenting concerns.
People who come to Kathleen often want a supportive guide while navigating big changes, recovering from difficult relationships, or managing ongoing stress. She aims to help clients feel heard, build resilience, and create manageable steps toward more steady functioning.
How somatic and acceptance approaches work online
Somatic work pays attention to physical sensations and how emotions show up in the body. In sessions this can mean noticing breath, posture, or tension and using simple movement or grounding practices to release stress and increase awareness. This approach can help with trauma symptoms, anxiety, and chronic stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on learning to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while clarifying what matters most. It uses small experiments and values‑based goals to help people take action even when difficult feelings are present. Attachment‑based work looks at patterns in relationships and helps people build more supported ways of relating and communicating. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kathleen collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and comfort level. Together they check what feels useful and adjust the plan over time. Online formats offer practical flexibility for this kind of work. Video sessions allow for real‑time somatic guidance and visual connection, while phone calls can feel less intense for some people. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions and practice skills in daily life. These options help make therapy more accessible and adaptable to different schedules and needs.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Nevada, Washington
- Languages
- English