Kathryn Gargett, MD, LCPC

Kathryn Gargett, MD, LCPC helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about next steps. She writes short-term and practical goals with clients, and focuses on useful skills for daily life. Her style is direct but compassionate, and she aims to make therapy understandable and workable for busy people.

Kathryn draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and try different behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build actions that match those values. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas are woven in when they fit, especially for emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood concerns, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing career transitions, parenting strain, addiction concerns, and challenges tied to neurodevelopmental differences. Practical help might include planning, time-management strategies, sleep routines, and communication practice.

With 14 years of clinical experience, Kathryn focuses on building strengths and real-world skills rather than just talking about problems. Sessions usually involve goal-setting, skill practice, and checking progress together. She takes a collaborative approach so clients leave with steps they can try between meetings.

She practices in Maryland and works in English. Kathryn aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can explore what matters and make steady changes.

How Kathryn’s approaches fit into online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with ADHD-related routines.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and build small, value-driven actions even when uncomfortable feelings are present. That approach can aid in making consistent changes around relationships, career moves, and life transitions.

Kathryn also brings in skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness when people need help with emotion regulation and tolerance of strong feelings. She works collaboratively to decide which methods best match a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is tracked.

Online therapy with her can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can be quicker or use less bandwidth, and text or chat work well for short check-ins, journaling prompts, or follow-up coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep practicing skills in everyday life.