Kathleen Griffin, LCPC
Illinois · 14 years in practice
Kathleen Griffin is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with 14 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.010989 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1588158000 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kathleen
Kathleen Griffin is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with 14 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, low self-esteem, career shifts, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. Parents and individuals dealing with sleep problems, parenting strain, or compassion fatigue can find practical support.
She also works with people navigating trauma, intimacy challenges, and identity questions including LGBT concerns. Her approach is direct and respectful. Kathleen listens first, then builds a plan that fits each person's life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that add up over time. She uses everyday language so people understand what's happening in therapy. Kathleen draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at feelings and connection in relationships.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help with unhelpful thoughts and painful emotions. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at patterns that started in earlier relationships. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person's priorities.
Kathleen emphasizes skills you can try between appointments and checks progress as you go. She aims to create a space where people feel heard and can practice different ways of handling stress and conflict. People who choose Kathleen often want straightforward guidance and compassion.
She encourages realistic goals and steady steps toward better coping, clearer communication, and stronger self-regard.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathleen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- 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
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kathleen names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and naming emotions that shape how people relate to others. Online sessions can use EFT to help a person notice patterns in feelings and try new ways of responding in relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills for noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then taking action that matches personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by using short practices and values-based exercises during remote sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try first. That collaboration makes it easier to adjust the plan if something feels unhelpful or new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, while phone calls can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, practicing short skills, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent across a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing relationship strain, self-esteem and confidence issues, career challenges, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and stress-related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct, respectful, and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps to reach them.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including parenting, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an IL LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the 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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