About Kathleen
Kathleen Carpentier is a licensed social worker in Florida with more than 22 years of clinical experience. She offers steady, practical help for people facing depression, addiction, trauma, and struggles with intimacy or relationships. Kathleen aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful from the first conversation.
Her practice emphasizes clear goals and real-world tools. Sessions often focus on managing sleep problems, improving self-esteem, and navigating career or relationship stress.
Background and approach
She also works with people dealing with first responder issues, military-related concerns, and multicultural challenges. Kathleen provides affirming care for people exploring gender identity and for those in non-monogamous arrangements. She also supports people confronting HIV/AIDS, hoarding, grief, infidelity, and jealousy.
End-of-life and hospice conversations are part of her experience as well. Her methods draw on several established approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally focused work that looks at attachment patterns. She blends these with acceptance-based and client-centered steps to match what each person needs.
The result is a personalized plan that combines practical strategies and careful listening. Sessions may include short-term skill building or longer, deeper work for complex trauma. Kathleen describes her role as walking alongside people as they test new habits, set boundaries, and build more resilient ways of getting through hard moments.
How Kathleen’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and taking steps that align with personal values. It helps people move toward meaningful goals even when emotions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for depression, sleep difficulties, and anxiety.Kathleen works collaboratively to find the right mix of approaches. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try techniques that fit those needs. The approach can shift over time as progress is made or new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or times when a shorter touchpoint is needed. This range helps people fit therapy into work, travel, caregiving, or other busy schedules while maintaining continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English