- Addictions and grief
- Intimacy and relationships
- Short-term focus available
About Kathleen
Kathleen McNamara is a New York licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of professional experience. She works with men and other adults dealing with addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, and life transitions. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion to help them take the first step toward change.
Her sessions are shaped around what each person needs. She tailors conversation and a practical plan to fit specific situations. Kathleen can support short-term work when a clear life problem needs focused attention.
Her background includes long experience helping people with relationship and family concerns, depression, and trauma and abuse. She also helps clients navigate issues like abandonment, attachment patterns, and communication or control struggles. Kathleen brings an understanding of how these patterns affect everyday life.
Her style blends client-centered care, psychodynamic perspective, and solution-focused techniques. That means she listens for what matters to the client, explores patterns that show up in relationships and history, and helps identify small, concrete steps that lead to change.
She invites a collaborative approach to therapy. Kathleen emphasizes finding a good fit and will work with each person to set goals, test what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
How Kathleen’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the client says matters most. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps clarify goals and priorities, which can be useful for men facing life transitions or relationship stress.Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that repeat across relationships and over time. It helps people understand why they react in certain ways and how past experiences shape current behavior, which can be helpful for issues like attachment, abandonment, and long-standing relationship difficulties.
Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on practical change steps and small experiments. It helps identify what might make a situation feel different and supports short-term goals or focused work on a specific life problem.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Kathleen will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt the plan together with the client. This collaborative process helps shape sessions that match personal needs.
If you want to pursue online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make appointments easier to fit into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can happen around work or family obligations.
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Experience
18+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kathleen help address?
She works with addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, coping with life changes, relationship and family problems, trauma and depression, among other related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, explores relationship and life patterns, and focuses on practical steps the client can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 18 years of professional experience working in helping roles and brings long-term clinical exposure to addictions, bereavement, and life transition work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LCSW-R credential and practices in New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.