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Kathryn Kirkland-Franco, LPC

  • Experience30 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Kathryn

Kathryn Kirkland-Franco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with three decades of clinical experience. She blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-informed interventions to help people navigate transitions, relationship difficulties, grief, and a broad range of emotional and practical challenges.

Background and approach

Her work emphasizes building a trusting, collaborative relationship so clients can access their own strengths and solutions. Over 30 years Kathryn has supported clients facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, caregiving strain, and compassion fatigue, as well as concerns such as parenting, career shifts, intimacy-related issues, sleep struggles, and ADHD.

She also addresses complex areas like attachment issues, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, codependency, and communication or commitment problems. Kathryn adapts her approach to each person’s needs, drawing on mindfulness and emotionally focused strategies when helpful.

Known for a calm and reassuring presence, she invites people seeking steady, empathetic guidance to explore therapy and self-care options. Prospective clients in Texas can learn more and begin the matching process to schedule sessions according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotional responses and connection patterns; it helps people explore relational wounds and build safer ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support changes in daily routines. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and respect for each person's experience, creating space for clients to discover their own insights and resources.

Kathryn approaches choosing methods as a collaborative process. She helps clients clarify goals, preferences, and practical constraints, then adapts techniques from these approaches to fit what feels most useful. The therapeutic plan can evolve as needs change and progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow people in Texas to access counseling without travel, keep continuity during busy periods, and choose the communication style that best supports their progress with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kathryn commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including relationship challenges, grief, parenting, career transitions, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and ADHD among other focuses.
What is Kathryn's therapeutic style like?
Her approach combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral methods and attachment-informed work, emphasizing a trusting relationship and collaborative problem solving.
How much experience does she have?
Kathryn brings 30 years of professional counseling experience to her practice, drawing on a range of modalities across that time.
What credentials and location information are provided?
She is licensed as an LPC in Texas with license number TX LPC 18236 and practices out of Texas.
Which languages does she use in sessions and can she see international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available with Kathryn?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesGriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English

What Kathryn can help with

Kathryn Kirkland-Franco works with clients on relationship issues, grief, parenting issues, career difficulties, and coping with life changes.

How Kathryn approaches therapy

Kathryn's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Kathryn is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas, with 30 years of clinical experience.