Kathleen Borgeson
Compassionate support for grief and life change
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kathleen
Kathleen Borgeson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience supporting people through loss, life transitions, and emotional strain. She focuses on grief, parenting concerns, relationship difficulties, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, career changes, depression, and compassion fatigue. Kathleen writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
She meets people where they are and offers calm, steady support as they work toward feeling more stable.
Background and approach
Her approach uses practical techniques rather than jargon. She draws on narrative work to help people tell their story and make sense of what happened. Mindfulness practices are used to build calm and present-moment awareness.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and take steps forward. Kathleen also uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to spot thought patterns that keep people stuck. Solution-focused tools help set clear, small goals and track progress.
She brings a patient-centered stance that keeps the client’s priorities in charge of the work. She has worked with a wide age range from teens to senior citizens and has a long history helping people process bereavement and other losses. Her style is caring and straightforward - practical tools paired with emotional support.
Kathleen works from California and conducts sessions in English for both local and international clients. Parents looking for help with family stress or parenting challenges will find her approach accessible. She emphasizes steps that fit into daily life, so progress can show up between sessions.
If someone wants steady support through change, her experience offers many routes forward.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Kathleen uses narrative techniques to help people make sense of loss and life changes by organizing their experiences into a clearer story. This can reduce confusion and create new ways to move forward when grief or transitions feel overwhelming.She incorporates mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and managing intense emotions that come up during parenting or career challenges.
Cognitive-behavioral strategies are also part of her toolkit to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. These techniques are useful for low mood, worry, and improving day-to-day functioning after a loss.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, and adjusts plans over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. These options make it easier to get help from home, on breaks, or between parenting duties. The variety of formats supports continuity of care when life gets busy and provides flexible ways to stay connected with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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