Kathleen Kaufman, LCSW

Kathleen Kaufman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois with 24 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and parenting concerns. Kathleen also lists codependency, grief, intimacy issues, ADHD, and career or caregiver stress among the problems she addresses.

Her approach keeps conversations straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on problem-solving, clear goals, and skills people can try between appointments. Kathleen uses an engaged, client-centered style that lets a person lead the pace while she offers structure when needed.

She draws on methods that include attachment-based work to look at relationship patterns and dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion and distress management skills. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing also appear in her practice to help with focus, willingness to change, and handling strong feelings.

In sessions people talk about everyday choices, boundary-setting, and what gets in the way of self-respect. Kathleen helps people notice patterns that repeat in relationships and practice new ways of responding. Conversations often include simple exercises and homework to make change more visible between meetings.

Her experience spans community and clinical settings over two decades. That background informs practical suggestions for dealing with caregiving strain, workplace stress, and family-of-origin problems. People who want clear steps and steady support may find her style useful.

Approaches used in remote sessions and how they help