- Person-centered care
- Family and parenting
- Trauma informed
About Kathryn
Kathryn Starratt is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in New Hampshire. She brings 24 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Her style is warm and non-judgmental, and she aims to create a space where people can be themselves and explore what matters most to them.
Her background includes work in emergency services and community mental health, and time supporting families formed through adoption and foster care. That range of experience informs how she listens and responds to complex situations. She often draws on practical, everyday strategies alongside established therapeutic techniques.
Kathryn favors a person-centered outlook that starts with each person's strengths. She tends to use cognitive-behavioral ideas, solution-focused steps, trauma-informed methods, and psychoeducation to help people manage symptoms and build skills. Humor and kindness are regularly part of sessions.
She has worked with adults, couples, families, adolescents, children, and groups across settings. That work has shaped her ability to address intimacy-related issues, LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and career or self-esteem questions. Kathryn believes resilience is real and recovery is possible.
People who choose to work with her typically want practical tools and steady support during transitions, loss, or ongoing stress. She invites prospective clients to consider therapy as a space for learning, growth, and clearer decision making.
How Kathryn’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Person-centered work emphasizes the person’s goals and values, so sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on building realistic steps toward change. This helps with relationship concerns, parenting questions, and issues that come from life transitions.Cognitive-behavioral ideas involve identifying thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and testing small changes to reduce symptoms. These techniques are useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress. Trauma-informed methods pay attention to safety and pacing, and they guide how memories and reactions are processed so healing can proceed at a manageable pace.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathryn will talk with each person about goals, try methods that match their needs, and adjust plans as progress is made. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so sessions stay practical and focused.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from different locations. It can also make scheduling around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities simpler while keeping the focus on steady, goal-oriented work.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
New Hampshire
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kathryn commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and related issues such as self-esteem and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is person-centered and practical, using strengths-based work, solution-focused steps, and trauma-aware methods while keeping sessions warm and respectful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of experience across emergency services, community mental health, and work with adoptive and foster families.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a LICSW, which stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and she practices in New Hampshire.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to schedule?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.