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Kathleen Sutton

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Kathleen Sutton, LCPC, LPC

Nevada

Licensed counselor - Anger and life changes

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCPC, LPC
  • LicenseLPC, Colorado / LPC.0014421; LCPC, Nevada / CP5570-R; LMHC, Washington / LH 61521927
  • NPI1376046383
  • Experience11 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationNevada

About

  • Mindfulness practice
  • Art therapy options
  • Somatic techniques

About Kathleen

Kathleen Sutton is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of clinical experience in Nevada. She works with adults on concerns such as anger, anxiety, depression, parenting stresses, grief, trauma, and coping with life changes. Kathleen draws on years as a parenting coach and educator to offer clear, practical support for everyday challenges.

She uses a strengths-based, client-centered stance in sessions. That means she listens first, helps people name what matters, and builds practical skills around those goals. Treatment may include talk therapy, mindfulness practices, and somatic techniques that focus on how emotions show up in the body.

Expressive arts and art therapy are also part of her approach. Clients do not need art experience to use creative exercises. These methods are used to help people access feelings, practice emotional expression, and process past hurt.

Kathleen has worked in many settings including residential treatment, outpatient group practice, correctional facilities, assisted living, and community art therapy programs. That variety informs how she supports people through real-life stressors like caregiving strain, burnout, and relationship problems.

Her sessions often include psychoeducation and skills practice. Those tools can help with self-regulation, communication, and managing anger so it does not build into ongoing resentment. She asks clients to define practical goals and then practices concrete steps toward those goals during sessions.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Kathleen integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping steps. CBT involves identifying thought patterns that escalate anger and practicing alternative responses. ACT focuses on values and committed action so people can move forward even with difficult feelings.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. That work helps people understand patterns of mistrust, control, or avoidance that can fuel anger and relationship strain. These approaches aim to make responses more intentional rather than automatic.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work. Kathleen collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort, and daily life. She will discuss options and adjust techniques as the work progresses.

The biography lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as offered services, so confirm which formats are available when you schedule. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let someone choose phone over video to reduce bandwidth or on-screen time. Confirm current session options before booking to match the format to your routine and goals.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

Colorado, Nevada, Washington

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger issues does she address?

She works with adults on expressions of anger such as snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and anger linked to trauma or grief.

What is her approach to helping with anger?

She combines client-centered listening with mindfulness, somatic work, and expressive art techniques to help people notice triggers and practice regulation skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 11 years of experience, including work in residential treatment, outpatient practice, correctional facilities, assisted living, and community art therapy programs.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Nevada.

Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography lists messaging, live chat, phone, and video as services; confirm current session options before scheduling.

How does payment work and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and services; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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