Kathryn Dunleavy, LPCC
Minnesota · 23 years in practice
Kathryn Dunleavy, LPCC, brings 23 years of mental health experience to her counseling work.
License and registration
- LPCC, Minnesota
- 79 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1356750509 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kathryn
Kathryn Dunleavy, LPCC, brings 23 years of mental health experience to her counseling work. She blends practical strategies with a warm, nonjudgmental manner. Sessions focus on building trust and helping people find small, usable changes.
Kathryn aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone juggling stress or big life shifts. She has worked across many care settings including inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient, community care, crisis residential, and programs for co-occurring mental health and substance use recovery.
Background and approach
That range means she is familiar with both short-term crises and longer recovery paths. She uses approaches that emphasize feelings, personal strengths, and real-world problem solving. In sessions she leans on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift emotional patterns that keep them stuck.
She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep conversations grounded in respect and acceptance. Mindfulness techniques are offered when they help someone calm their mind and stay present. Her style is straightforward and compassionate.
Kathryn invites people to notice old beliefs, try new behaviors, and be gentle with themselves during change. She often pairs practical coping tools with exploration of how past experiences shape current relationships and choices. People who reach out can expect a collaborative process that focuses on goals they care about.
Kathryn highlights self-compassion and resilience as central skills. She aims to help people feel less isolated and better able to move forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Approaches Kathryn names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and the patterns that keep people feeling stuck. In online sessions this often looks like naming what someone feels, tracing how emotions show up in relationships or daily life, and practicing new ways of responding to those feelings. EFT can help with grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and long-standing emotional patterns.Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and emphasizes acceptance and empathy. The therapist listens closely and follows the person’s lead to build trust and clarify goals. This approach supports people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to think things through.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical attention skills to notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept away. Short mindfulness exercises can be used between sessions to reduce reactivity, improve sleep, or manage anxiety symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathryn will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kathryn commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleep problems, self esteem, ADHD, career strain, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and warm, with a focus on emotions and practical steps. She mixes emotion-focused work, client-centered listening, mindfulness, narrative ideas, and motivational interviewing.
What kind of background does she have?
She has 23 years in mental health and experience across inpatient, partial, outpatient, community care, crisis residential, and co-occurring recovery programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Kathryn holds an LPCC credential and is licensed in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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