Kathryn Kirkland-Franco, LPC
Therapist in Texas
Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience.
- Licensed inTexas
- License18236
- NPI 1649469891
- Experience30+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Kathryn
Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience. She offers a calm, steady presence for people who are trying to navigate hard life moments. Kathryn focuses on helping people find practical ways forward rather than only talking about problems.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. Kathryn also uses client-centered work to build trust and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward so people leave with usable steps. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns. These include relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career shifts, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and problems with sleep and anger.
Kathryn also supports people dealing with caregiving burden, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Kathryn brings practical coping tools alongside space to talk about feelings. She helps people address commitment and communication problems, codependency, and attachment issues that affect intimacy.
Mindfulness techniques are used when helpful to reduce stress and increase awareness. Sessions are offered from Texas and are conducted in English. Kathryn combines experience with a down-to-earth style.
She encourages people to take small steps and build on each success as they work toward clearer goals.
Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 18236 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1649469891 · national provider identifier
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Focus 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
Approaches 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
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
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotion. In online sessions this means noticing how connection feels in the moment and using that information to build safer, more supported ways of relating to others and to oneself. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, accepting stance and centers the person's goals; online meetings give space for that kind of listening while letting the client guide the pace and topics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with simple behavioral experiments; CBT adapts well to remote formats through shared worksheets, homework tasks, and check-ins.Kathryn approaches therapy as a collaboration. She will work with each person to try different methods and decide what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Finding the right mix of approaches is an ongoing conversation rather than a one-time decision.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief support between sessions or a way to process thoughts without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping consistent progress.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Kathryn commonly address?
She helps with relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career transition, anxiety, depression, trauma and many everyday struggles such as sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem.
What is Kathryn's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining attachment-based thinking with client-centered listening and CBT techniques to produce practical steps people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Kathryn has 30 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns and life stages.
Where is Kathryn licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing from Texas.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start therapy with Kathryn?
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