Kathleen Compton is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, Parenting, School Issues, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I entered the counseling field because I like people and have faith in their resilience and capacity for growth — emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. I see my therapist role as one who comes alongside you, the client, to provide a safe, non-judgmental, caring environment in which you access the wisdom of your best self. I listen, ask questions, encourage you toward your goals, offer suggestions, and gently confront habits or ways of thinking that may be keeping you from greater happiness. When it seems appropriate, I employ my sense of humor, believing — like Reader’s Digest — that laughter really is great medicine. I serve individuals, couples and families and have a special fondness for working with teens. I routinely see adults challenged by anxiety, depression or low self-esteem. In couples work, I use various approaches including the research-based Gottman Method, which helps partners constructively manage conflict, build intimacy, and create shared purpose. I am both