Therapist profile
Dr. Kathleen Bailey, LMFT
LMFT - Relationships and parenting focus
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- Attachment based work
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Emotionally focused work
About Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen Bailey is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in Utah with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, trauma, and intimacy-related issues.
She uses practical, relationship-focused work to address problems at home. Sessions often look at how early attachment shapes present reactions and how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. Conversations aim to make sense of painful patterns and find small changes that make day-to-day life easier.
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused work. That mix is used to address communication problems, commitment or infidelity concerns, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. She also brings attention to issues such as abandonment, body image, dissociation, and end-of-life concerns when they affect relationships and daily functioning.
Dr. Bailey has substantial experience supporting people with substance-related problems and with grief or hospice and end-of-life counseling. She works with people across a range of life stages to address career transitions, sleep problems, bipolar and mood-related challenges, and the stress that comes with caregiving roles.
Sessions are conducted in English and administered from Utah. Pricing varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients follow the site flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online conversations using this approach focus on recognizing patterns in close relationships and practicing new ways of connecting and responding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going; online CBT sessions tend to use structured discussion and simple exercises to test new thinking and behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotional experience in relationships and helps people name and shift interaction patterns that cause distance or conflict.Finding the right approach is something the therapist does together with each person. She will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the concern, and adjust as work progresses so the plan matches what actually helps in daily life.
Session formats are not listed on the original biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. These practical benefits can help people maintain continuity of care while balancing parenting, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
California, Utah
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and parenting challenges, trauma, grief, intimacy issues, and related concerns listed on her profile.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her style blends attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and emotionally-focused methods to focus on relationship patterns and practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience as a clinician, including long-term work with substance-related issues and relationship concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LMFT licensed in Utah and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session following the site prompts.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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