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Kathleen Sutton

Kathleen Sutton, LCPC, LPC

Nevada

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LCPC and LPC - Parenting and Family Concerns

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy

About Kathleen

Kathleen Sutton is an LCPC and LPC practicing in Nevada with 11 years of clinical experience. She began her work as a parenting coach and educator and has since worked in residential treatment centers, outpatient group practice, correctional facilities, assisted living, and an art therapy collective. Kathleen focuses on concerns such as parenting, self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and mood disorders.

She draws on clear, practical conversation and creative methods. Sessions may include talk therapy, mindfulness exercises, somatic techniques, and art-based activities to help people name feelings and practice new skills. Kathleen emphasizes a strengths-based, client-centered relationship as the foundation of the work.

Her background includes years of hands-on experience with adults across a range of settings. That history shapes how she notices patterns tied to family of origin, caregiving stress, and role shifts that come with blended households. She pays attention to boundaries, communication problems, and the strain that change brings.

In practice she offers trauma-informed care that can include psychoeducation and skill building for emotional regulation. People who want concrete strategies for parenting, clearer communication, or better self-regulation will find focused, down-to-earth techniques. Kathleen also uses art-based exercises for people who prefer nonverbal ways to process difficult memories and strong feelings.

Her approach aims to help people build practical tools and steadier coping. The emphasis is on learning and practice rather than labels. To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s matching and scheduling steps to set a first appointment.

How Kathleen applies evidence-based approaches online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking action toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions that come with changing family roles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches concrete skills for managing worry, low mood, and unhelpful reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns in close relationships and helps people notice and change ways of relating that cause conflict or distance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as practical skills and insight develop.

The profile lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as services. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy routines, avoid travel time, and choose a shorter check-in when needed. Some people prefer video for deeper conversational work and art activities, while phone or messaging can be helpful for brief problem-solving or low-bandwidth days. Kathleen integrates mindfulness, somatic exercises, and expressive art tasks into online sessions when they fit the plan, and she will help decide which combination of approaches and formats best supports daily life and stepfamily challenges.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

Colorado, Nevada, Washington

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address related to blended families?

She works with parenting stress, communication problems, loyalty conflicts, and family of origin issues that often surface in blended households.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses a strengths-based, client-centered approach combined with trauma-informed talk, mindfulness, somatic methods, and expressive art activities.

How much experience does she have working with these issues?

Kathleen has 11 years of clinical experience and earlier experience as a parenting coach and educator across multiple care settings.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Nevada. Her credentialing includes NV LCPC and CO LPC as listed.

Which languages does she offer sessions in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available for meeting with her?

The original biography lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as services offered; confirm current session options before booking.

How does cost and billing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time according to the site’s payment terms.

How do I get started with a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

Kathleen SuttonLCPC, LPC

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