Kathy Rubendall, LCSW

Kathy Rubendall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and career change. Kathy writes and talks plainly, and aims to make therapy feel respectful and approachable.

She uses a warm, interactive counseling style built on acceptance and mutual respect. Sessions focus on the client's goals and on clear, doable steps. Kathy combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral ideas and problem-solving techniques.

Her background includes work with bipolar disorder, trauma, and attachment matters related to international adoption. She has also supported people dealing with issues tied to military service and bariatric surgery before and after the procedure.

Kathy also addresses concerns common to caregiving and aging, including caregiver stress and aging and geriatric issues. She helps with sleep and eating concerns, body image, and coping with life changes that follow health problems or chronic conditions.

People meet her for help with relationships, communication problems, codependency, and building self-esteem. Her goal is to walk alongside each person and help them find practical ways to manage symptoms and move toward clearer choices.

How Kathy’s Approaches Shape Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship where the client's priorities lead the work. This approach helps when people need support sorting values, making decisions, or feeling heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is done together. Kathy will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. The emphasis is on collaboration and on finding tools that fit the person's life and needs.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people use video or audio in ways that match their comfort level. The focus is on practical access - getting therapy into everyday routines so work on goals can continue between sessions.