Kathryn DeLong, LMHC

Kathryn DeLong is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She brings five years of professional experience to sessions and works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and ADHD-related concerns. Kathryn emphasizes a warm, person-centered style that aims to make people feel heard and understood from the first visit.

Her approach focuses on practical steps that clients can use between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thoughts and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationships and early experiences shape how someone responds to stress.

Kathryn also uses client-centered and solution-focused strategies to keep therapy grounded in the client's goals. That means sessions can include listening and reflection, skill-building, and short-term problem solving depending on what a person needs. Trauma-focused methods are available for people recovering from abuse or painful events.

She often helps people manage life transitions, work-related pressure, and the long-term effects of chronic illness or loss. Kathryn also supports those navigating adoption and foster care issues, abandonment wounds, body image concerns, and family of origin problems. First responder issues and coping after disasters are within her experience as well.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person. Sessions combine clear strategies, steady support, and focused goals so people can practice changes between appointments. Kathryn encourages taking a first step and will work alongside clients as they make progress.

How Kathryn’s approaches translate to online care

CBT helps people spot negative thought patterns and learn new coping skills; online sessions can focus on practical exercises, homework, and skill practice between meetings. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and can be discussed through reflective conversation and relationship-focused exercises. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and empathy, giving clients space to guide the pace and topics of sessions while the therapist follows their lead.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Kathryn will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process may shift over time as small goals are met or new challenges appear.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, phone calls can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can serve as quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday life.