Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings three decades of experience to sessions.
01About Kathryn
Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings three decades of experience to sessions. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and life transitions. Kathryn emphasizes practical steps people can use right away and a calm, steady presence in conversations.
Her approach mixes client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas. She listens first to what a person is facing, then helps identify small, workable changes that build confidence.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through responses, trying new behaviors, and noticing how thoughts influence feelings. Clients may come with a wide range of issues, including parenting strain, career decisions, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, or trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, adoption and foster care topics, and compassion fatigue.
Kathryn pays attention to how past relationships and attachment patterns affect present-day choices. Over the years Kathryn has worked in Texas settings and draws on many tools to meet each person’s needs. She prefers a straightforward, respectful style and aims to make therapy practical and approachable.
Sessions are intended to help people leave with clear actions to try between meetings. If you want to start, you will complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits your life. Kathryn uses methods that aim to make progress feel steady and understandable.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 18236 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1649469891 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Kathryn names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Kathryn names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Kathryn’s Approach Translates to Online Therapy
Kathryn commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy during online work. Client-centered therapy means sessions begin with careful listening and reflection so people feel heard before moving to change. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers concrete skills to try between sessions, which works well over video or messaging.Attachment-based ideas also shape her view of relationships and closeness. These ideas help identify patterns people repeat in relationships and create new ways of relating. Kathryn works collaboratively to choose which approaches fit a person’s goals and preferences, adjusting methods as the relationship develops rather than sticking to a single plan.
Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work in real time with visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps keep progress moving between appointments. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and life demands while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady support.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Kathryn help with?
She works with relationship difficulty, grief, parenting strain, career questions, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleep issues, anger, low self-esteem, and depression among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas. Sessions focus on clear steps to try and understanding how thoughts and relationships shape feelings.
How long has she been practicing?
She has about 30 years of experience working with people in Texas and draws on a range of approaches to match each person’s needs.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices with a focus on people located in that state.
Can sessions be done in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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