Kathleen Nealon, LCSW

Kathleen Nealon is a licensed clinical social worker who offers steady support when life feels overwhelming. She listens closely and helps people sort through difficult moments. Her style aims to empower individuals to take small, practical steps toward feeling better.

She tailors sessions to each person rather than using one fixed method. Kathleen draws from several approaches including psychodynamic, systems, solution-focused, cognitive behavioral, and motivational interviewing. She emphasizes the relationship in therapy and takes a strength-based, trauma-informed stance.

Kathleen brings a long history of community work and diverse experience to the room. Her background includes nearly two decades working across cultures and settings, including time living and working in Haiti and supporting people after major storms and other traumatic events.

Her earlier training in special education informs how she supports people who learn or think differently. She has also accompanied people through addiction recovery, homelessness, hospice care, parenting challenges, and major life transitions.

Sessions address a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, and self-esteem. Kathleen works in Florida and conducts sessions in English and Haitian Creole. If the fit feels right, she invites prospective clients to start the matching process and schedule a first appointment.

How evidence-based approaches guide online care

Her practice uses several evidence-based techniques to guide work on specific concerns. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Solution-focused strategies concentrate on setting clear, short-term goals and trying practical steps that can produce quick improvements. Motivational interviewing helps people find internal reasons to change, which can be useful for addictions, lifestyle shifts, and readiness for treatment.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques, then adjust plans over time. Clients and the therapist work together to pick methods that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a routine. It also lets people keep continuity of care during life changes and makes it simpler to access a bilingual clinician in English and Haitian Creole when that match matters.