Kathy Rubendall

Kathy Rubendall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. She brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and the challenges of life transitions. Kathy aims to make the first step toward help feel clear and manageable for people unsure where to begin.

She uses a warm, interactive counseling style built on respect and compassion. Sessions center on the person in front of her, with practical tools tailored to each goal. Kathy blends client-centered listening with structured techniques to address immediate problems and longer-term patterns.

Her work includes support for people facing bipolar disorder, trauma, and attachment issues related to international adoption. She also helps with career transitions, sleep and eating concerns, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. These focus areas guide the topics she commonly addresses in session.

Kathy integrates cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation and motivational interviewing when clients want to change addictive behaviors. Solution-focused strategies help set clear, manageable goals and track progress.

People who choose Kathy can expect a practical, collaborative process. She helps set short-term goals and teaches skills that fit everyday life. To begin, visitors select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions according to availability.

How Kathy’s approaches fit online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clarity, and a space to decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches clear tools to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathy will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That may mean starting with practical CBT tools, adding DBT skills for emotion regulation, or focusing on solution-focused goals to create quick progress.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce time spent traveling to appointments. Therapists can use these sessions to teach skills, track progress, and support coping during transitions and recovery.