Kathleen Tilman

Kathleen Tilman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 31 years of professional experience and is licensed in Florida and Nevada. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Kathleen also supports concerns such as communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation, forgiveness, self-love, and questions about life purpose.

Her work uses straightforward conversation and practical methods to help people sort through what feels stuck. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that affect mood and behavior. She also uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand the inner parts that influence their choices.

Sessions focus on clear goals and steps a person can try between meetings. Kathleen aims to adjust plans to fit each person's situation while keeping the work concrete and manageable. Her approach is conversational rather than academic, and she encourages people to try small experiments to test what helps.

Because she has worked for decades, Kathleen brings experience with many life transitions and the messy emotions that come with them. She uses that background to track what is changing and what continues to get in the way. Meetings cover both present problems and practical ways to build more steady routines and responses.

People who come when they feel unsure about next steps often leave with clearer small actions and a plan for moving forward. Kathleen asks questions, suggests exercises drawn from CBT and Internal Family Systems, and helps people notice what actually shifts when they try new ways of thinking and acting.

How Kathleen uses CBT and Internal Family Systems online

Kathleen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try different behavior experiments. CBT helps with anxiety, low mood, and practical problems like communication breakdowns by teaching concrete skills and tasks to practice between sessions.

She also draws on Internal Family Systems to help people recognize inner parts that influence decisions and emotions. This approach helps when shame, guilt, or control issues feel overpowering by separating those parts from a person’s core intent.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathleen will discuss goals, preferred ways of working, and practical needs, and then recommend techniques from CBT or Internal Family Systems that fit. She expects to adjust the plan as the work progresses so it responds to what is actually helpful.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people try talking things through from a familiar setting while focusing on real-life problems and steps they can test between meetings.