Kathleen Schober, LCSW

Kathleen Schober is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of post-master clinical experience in Connecticut. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship strain, and life changes. Her style is warm and respectful and she brings a little humor when appropriate to make hard conversations easier.

She trained at Fordham University and has worked in outpatient substance abuse treatment, elderly psychiatric support services, emergency room psychiatric crisis intervention, and private practice. Those roles shaped how she responds to sudden crises and long-term recovery needs. Kathleen uses practical tools to help people manage symptoms and make small, steady changes.

In sessions she often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. She also uses client-centered techniques that follow each person’s pace and priorities. Solution-focused methods help create quick, concrete steps when people want immediate change.

Her work covers a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and career or life-purpose questions. Kathleen also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, hoarding, codependency, infidelity, and post-traumatic stress.

Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative. Kathleen helps people set clear goals, try small experiments between sessions, and track what works. She focuses on helping clients find clearer choices and build routines that make daily life more manageable.

How her approaches work online

Clients will find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy useful for identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and building practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on small, testable changes in thinking and behavior to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following each person's priorities. The therapist reflects concerns, offers acceptance, and helps clients explore what matters to them at their own pace. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on quick, attainable steps and exercises to move toward specific goals, which can be helpful for career decisions, relationship strain, or short-term problems.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Kathleen will discuss options with each person and help decide which methods match their goals and preferences. The plan can change over time as needs shift.

Online sessions come in several formats to fit different lives: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera time is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules, and allow people to keep momentum even when life is full.