Kathy Rubendall, LCSW

Kathy Rubendall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and life changes. Kathy offers a calm, respectful approach that focuses on each person's goals and strengths.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions are built on acceptance and compassion, with an emphasis on practical steps people can try between meetings. She uses problem-solving and goal-focused strategies alongside talk therapy to help people make steady progress.

Kathy combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior tools. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when those fit a person's needs. This lets her tailor the process to issues like mood disorders, trauma, attachment concerns related to adoption, and stress from caregiving or aging.

Over three decades she has worked with people dealing with bipolar disorder, substance use, eating and sleep issues, body image, and career transitions. She has experience addressing service-related concerns and adjustment after military service. Kathy also supports those navigating adoption and foster care challenges.

People who choose her can expect clear conversations about goals and steps to reach them. She encourages small changes that add up over time. Kathy aims to be a steady guide while clients build skills for daily life.

How Kathy’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, acceptance, and tailoring sessions to each person's needs. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk through feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical skills and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathy will work with each person to decide which tools and strategies fit their goals and daily life. Together they set clear, manageable goals and check progress as therapy continues.

The practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time so therapy is easier to keep up. Because session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current online and in-person options before booking. Kathy aims to help people use therapy in ways that fit their routines and responsibilities, whether that means brief skill-focused check-ins or longer sessions for deeper work.