Kathleen Martello is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship pain.
01About Kathleen
Kathleen Martello is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship pain. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, steady presence to conversations. Kathleen aims to make therapy feel understandable and doable for busy, worried parents and adults.
She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses elements from acceptance and commitment work and dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be practical and focused on small concrete steps clients can try between meetings. A lot of her work addresses trauma, abuse, grief, and problems that come from difficult relationships. Kathleen helps people recover from domestic violence, cope with attachment wounds, and heal after betrayal or abandonment.
She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career uncertainty, mood disorders, and ADHD-related challenges. Clients can expect a collaborative approach in which the therapist listens first, then offers clear options to consider. Kathleen helps people set short-term goals and build skills for daily life.
Her style mixes empathy with straightforward coaching so progress is steady and measurable. Kathleen has ten years of counseling experience and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential as well as the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor title. She practices from Pennsylvania and offers services in both English and Spanish.
02Credentials
- LMHC (New York)
- License 006567 · expires July 2026
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC015955 · expires February 2027
- LPCC (California)
- License 18561 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1982945176 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathleen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Kathleen names
- 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
These are the methods Kathleen names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. Online ACT work often involves short practices and goal-setting to try between sessions, which can be tracked over video or messaging.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In remote sessions clients and the therapist review thought patterns, practice skill-building exercises, and use homework to change day-to-day routines.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Online DBT-style work emphasizes skills practice, emotion regulation techniques, and step-by-step plans that clients can use in the moment.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past to choose methods together. Adjustments are made as progress unfolds so the plan fits the client's life and needs.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or skills coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, family time, or other commitments while keeping the focus on steady skill development.
05Questions people ask
What issues does this therapist help with?
Services cover trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, career concerns, mood disorders, and related relationship problems.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
The style blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and skills training from DBT and ACT to reduce distress and build coping tools.
What kind of clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has ten years of counseling experience working with people affected by interpersonal violence, attachment wounds, and mood-related challenges.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She holds the LPC and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor LPCC designations and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and availability and uses a cancelable subscription model; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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