Kathryn Starratt
Calm, practical support for families and parents
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kathryn
Kathryn Starratt is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in New Hampshire. She brings 24 years of experience supporting people through stress, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and trauma. Kathryn works with adults, couples, families, adolescents, children, and groups.
Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping parents and family members find practical ways forward. She draws on long-term work in Emergency Services and Community Mental Health.
Background and approach
That background includes supporting families formed through adoption and foster care. Those roles shaped her direct, calm style when things feel overwhelming. Kathryn focuses on building a respectful, non-judgmental space where people can speak honestly.
She uses person-centered and strength-based methods and practical tools from cognitive behavioral work and solution-focused therapy. She also offers trauma-informed care and psychoeducation when needed. Sessions often mix skill-building with chances to talk through hard feelings.
She pays attention to real-life routines and relationships that affect family life. Kathryn values humor and compassion alongside clear, usable strategies. Her goal is to help people reconnect with their strengths and make steady changes.
She sees therapy as a shared effort, tailored to a family's needs and pace. Parents looking for straightforward support around family or parenting issues may find this style helpful.
Evidence-based approaches and online family support
Two of the main approaches used are cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-informed care. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, more useful ways of thinking and acting. This can help with anxiety, depression, and managing stress that affects family life. Trauma-informed care recognizes how past painful events shape current reactions and relationships, and it helps people build safety and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to what matters to the client and suggest options based on goals, needs, and preferences. The plan is adjusted over time so it fits the family's rhythm and practical realities.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video and phone let people speak in real time, while chat and messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family lives and to keep continuity when travel or other demands come up.
Frequently asked questions
What family or parenting concerns are addressed?
What is the general therapy style here?
How much experience does the therapist have?
What credentials and location apply?
Which languages are available for sessions?
What session formats are offered?
How is cost handled for sessions?
How do I begin therapy with this clinician?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Kathryn
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point