Kitty Bartley

Kitty Bartley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings 20 years of clinical experience and a background that began in social work. Kitty came to counseling after her own experience with therapy changed her life, and she now aims to pass those practical skills on to others.

Kitty focuses on straightforward, usable tools. She helps people notice and shift negative thought patterns. Sessions often include learning ways to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the strain of major life changes.

Her approach blends several commonly used therapies. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and try small experiments to change it. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages clarity about values and taking actions that match those values. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can lead their own progress.

Kitty also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Existential ideas to address meaning and life direction. She uses these methods to support concerns such as relationship strain, career decisions, grief, addiction, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions aim to teach real-world techniques people can use after therapy ends. Kitty frames therapy as practical coaching and skill-building, not just talk. She encourages gradual change through repeated practice and clear goals.

How Kitty’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while learning to accept difficult feelings. It can help when people feel stuck by giving simple, values-based actions to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and tests them with concrete experiments and behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation so clients can explore what matters without pressure.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Kitty will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust as you go. The aim is to find techniques you can use between sessions and that match your day-to-day life.

Confirm the specific session options before booking because formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut travel time, and let people use shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also allows working with a licensed professional from different locations within the same state, which can help when balancing work, family, and treatment without promising a particular format.