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01About Kathryn
Dr. Kathryn (Kitty) Klee is an Illinois-licensed counselor with 33 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing family strain, parenting questions, life transitions, and low self-esteem.
Kitty uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help clients make real changes. Over her career she has supported people dealing with ADHD, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma, and sleep problems. She also helps with career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and attachment difficulties.
Background and approach
Her style centers on hearing each person’s story and building on their strengths. She works collaboratively so clients can set clear goals. Sessions concentrate on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Dr. Klee draws from several approaches to tailor care. These include client-centered methods that prioritize the client’s perspective, cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, and emotion-focused skills for stronger relationships.
She also integrates dialectical strategies for managing strong emotions and existential ideas about meaning and choice. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Dr.
Klee uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time. She invites people ready to take a first step to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180001551 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1609930486 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Kathryn names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Kathryn 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
Approaches in Online Care and What They Offer
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first and focuses on understanding their perspective. It helps people feel heard and build on their own strengths to solve problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with depression, anxiety, and behavior changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. From there she will suggest strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made, collaborating on what feels most effective.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text let people check in between sessions or use shorter, flexible communication during busy days. These options support consistent care while fitting therapy into everyday life.
05Questions people ask
What issues does Dr. Klee commonly help with?
She helps people with family and parenting concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, sleep problems, career challenges, depression, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. She listens to each person’s story and helps set concrete goals and steps to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 33 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care, focusing on practical support for a wide range of life and relationship challenges.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the credential LCPC and practices in Illinois.
Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed or paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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