Kathleen Martello
Compassionate, practical care for everyday parenting concerns
- Credentials
- LPC, LPCC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- New York, Pennsylvania, California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kathleen
Kathleen Martello is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a calm, approachable manner. She speaks English and Spanish and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Parents and caregivers drawn to a straightforward, practical style may find her helpful when sorting through stress, parenting challenges, grief, mood changes, and relationship patterns.
In sessions she listens closely and focuses on what a person wants to change. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to look at thoughts and behaviors, and she draws on client-centered and acceptance-based ideas to support values-driven action.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify problems and build skills that make day-to-day life easier. Her background includes training in several therapy methods, and she combines those tools to fit each person’s situation. That can mean practicing new communication habits, managing strong emotions, or addressing past trauma in manageable steps.
Kathleen also has experience working with people affected by interpersonal violence and related trauma. She practices as an LPC and as an LPCC in Pennsylvania and brings a decade of work to each client meeting. Kathleen frames therapy as a collaborative effort and encourages questions throughout the process.
The focus is on practical steps and steady progress. Her approach is direct and compassionate. Sessions are intended to help people make clearer choices, reduce intense emotions, and rebuild routines that support wellbeing.
She aims to help clients move forward at a pace that feels safe and realistic.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people focus on what matters most to them and take small actions in line with their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and decisions around parenting and life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist follows the client’s pace and priorities to build insight and self-direction.Finding the best approach is a shared process. Kathleen will talk with each person about what they hope to change and try methods that fit their goals and comfort level. Together they can adjust the focus over time so work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offer flexible ways to keep therapy consistent. Video calls create a face-to-face sense while phone sessions can be quieter and easier to schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to connect around busy parenting schedules and life demands while keeping the work focused on real-world problems and small steps forward.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York, Pennsylvania, California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Next step
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