Kate McNulty, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

If you are looking for practical help, I may be a good fit. I like teaching concepts and skills to people, and usually have some tools or ideas to offer. At the same time, when we incorporate our imagination and creativity together, and approach this as a collaboration, that kind of relationship is what is likely to give you lasting and satisfying results. I work especially well with people who are looking for a blend of talk therapy, focus on the body and sensation (to better understand emotions) and just having a place to discuss deep concerns about the state of the world and how we can live lives with meaning, conscience and integrity. This type of therapy is sometimes described as existential: figuring out your own answers to why we are alive and what matters to you. I especially love to help people make connections with community resources, so they can find support and kindred spirits companionship outside the therapy work we are doing.

I have had a great deal of experience as a therapist. My broad knowledge base of approaches to therapy includes mindful awareness and solution-focused techniques; I also provide coaching services, which offer you an opportunity to get some useful information without necessarily having to be a "therapy patient". Using therapy at times is a way to live a more thoughtful and aware life. I tend to be direct and to give a great deal of feedback. I also rely a lot on modeling; giving you examples and specific wording about how you might handle difficult conversations or interactions. I don't necessarily know the right way for you to handle things, but I give you something to react to and then you can choose your own way.