Dr. Kathy Cox , LCSW

Dr. Kathy Cox is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings decades of clinical experience to her counseling practice. She focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship and takes a strengths-based approach, helping clients identify and draw on inner resources to address life challenges. Her work spans mood concerns, anxiety, anger, grief and loss, relationship struggles, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress, and she has training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, which informs her work with trauma-related issues.

Dr. Cox has extensive experience supporting adults across the lifespan, including young, middle-aged, and older adults. As a therapist she emphasizes understanding each personâs goals and tailoring treatment to their needs, combining practical strategies with empathic support. Her background includes many years as a social work professor, and she is the author of two books - one on social work practice and another on self-care for professional counselors.

Outside of her professional life she enjoys yoga, swimming, and time with her dogs. She is widowed and has three adult children. Dr. Cox is not currently accepting new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Cox draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the relationship and places the client's experience and goals at the heart of treatment. This approach helps people feel heard and supported while exploring what they most want to change or understand about their lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including trauma-focused CBT techniques she has trained in, provides structured ways to identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and trauma reactions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially useful for managing intense emotions and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative - Dr. Cox works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. The aim is to combine evidence-informed strategies with the therapist's support to promote meaningful change.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives and to access care from different locations. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling, the ability to use a preferred communication style, and continued access to licensed professionals and therapists without requiring travel.