Linda "Kathleen" Brown, LCSW

Linda "Kathleen" Brown helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and grief. She also supports those struggling with depression, low self-esteem, parenting strain, eating concerns, bipolar mood shifts, ADHD, and major life changes. Kathleen works to make the first steps feel manageable and respectful of where someone is now.

Kathleen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - with 26 years of experience in mental health. She has worked in private practice, inpatient hospital settings, residential treatment, and telephone crisis care. That range gives her a practical view of what helps people in different moments of difficulty.

Her style focuses on clear, practical work. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses client-centered and solution-focused ideas to build on strengths and small steps toward change.

Kathleen has supported people through trauma and abuse, bereavement, panic and obsessive worries, workplace stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and body image struggles. She has offered individual and group work and has provided supervision for emerging clinicians preparing for licensure.

In sessions she aims to set realistic, achievable goals with each person. She explains options and works together to pick the strategies that fit a person’s life. Kathleen practices from Missouri and holds LCSW credentials in Missouri and Arizona.

CBT and Strengths-Based Work Online

Linda "Kathleen" Brown uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered and solution-focused ideas to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood. Client-centered work focuses on listening, empathy, and building on a person's own resources to improve confidence and coping. Solution-focused methods concentrate on small, practical steps and immediate goals to create forward momentum.

Choosing the right approach is something she does together with each person. Kathleen talks through goals and preferences in the first sessions and adjusts methods as needs evolve. The process is collaborative so strategies match what feels doable in daily life.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls make it possible to meet face to face when scheduling allows. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can help keep progress between sessions and offer flexible ways to check in during busy weeks. These formats make therapy easier to fit around parenting, work, and other commitments.