Therapist profile
Kathleen Nealon, LCSW
LCSW working with parenting and trauma
Continue with KathleenAbout
- Grief and loss
- Trauma-informed practice
- ADHD related support
About Kathleen
Kathleen Nealon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 12 years of direct practice. She helps people coping with grief, parenting pressures, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and other life stresses. She speaks English and Haitian Creole and draws on long-term experience supporting people through change.
Kathleen listens with attention and offers practical ways to move forward. She adapts her methods to the person sitting across from her rather than using a single fixed approach. Conversations tend to focus on immediate needs and workable steps, not long lists of theories.
Her background includes cross-cultural work and years supporting people in challenging circumstances. That experience informs how she understands trauma, addiction recovery, and the impact of major life disruptions. Kathleen also draws on an undergraduate background in special education to help people who learn or think differently.
In sessions she commonly uses ideas from psychodynamic, systems, solution-focused, cognitive behavioral, and motivational interviewing approaches. She emphasizes the relationship between therapist and client and keeps attention on strengths and trauma-informed practice. The aim is practical support for everyday problems like sleep, anger, concentration, and parenting strain.
People who come to Kathleen often want a steady, experienced clinician to talk things through and to find clearer next steps. To begin, clients pick a matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site. The subscription billing can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
Approaches Kathleen Uses and how online work fits
Kathleen commonly draws from cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and then practice different, more helpful ways of thinking and behaving; this often supports issues like anxiety, sleep, and mood. Motivational interviewing focuses on a person's own reasons for change and helps build small, achievable steps toward goals.She also uses elements of psychodynamic and systems thinking to understand patterns that repeat in relationships or family roles. Those approaches look at how past experiences and current systems shape reactions, which can help when grief, trauma, or long-term stress are involved. Kathleen treats finding the right mix as a collaborative process and will work with the client to decide which methods feel most useful for their goals.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. Kathleen will help match approach and scheduling to what the client needs and prefers so therapy can fit into everyday life.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Haitian Creole
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with grief, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and related issues such as sleep and anger.
What is her therapeutic style?
She listens carefully and adapts approaches to each person, drawing on psychodynamic, systems, solution-focused, cognitive behavioral, and motivational interviewing ideas.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings and with diverse populations.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices from Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole.
Can I check which session formats she uses?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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