Kathleen Taylor, Pre-LPC, NCC, MA

I work with adults and teens who are struggling with anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, ecological grief and difficult life transitions. I offer therapy both in an office setting and outdoors at Wissahickon Park for "walk-and-talk" therapy. I know what it's like to feel imprisoned by anxiety, depression and "shoulds"—to have an inner critic so loud and persistent you feel like you're drowning. I've been there. And I know it can feel like the only way out is to try even harder, to grit your teeth and just do better already. But I also know how exhausting that is, and that it never seems to last. The type of therapy I practice, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), supports people in changing their relationship to inner struggles and finding new ways of "being" that free you up to breathe and just be yourself. Through our work together, you can begin shifting away from the rigid control tactics that don’t work on your emotions and instead embrace your emotions and inner experience in a way that fosters true growth, flexibility and peace.