- Client-centered work
- Dreamwork and imagery
- Mindfulness practices
About Kathryn
Kathryn Madden is a NY Psychoanalyst (NY Psychoanalyst 000664) with 30 years of professional experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, coping with life changes, and executive coaching. Sessions also address communication and professional coaching issues. Kathryn lists life purpose among her focus areas and includes it in longer-term work.
Her approach blends client-centered listening with depth-oriented methods. She uses Jungian ideas such as dreamwork and imagination alongside psychodynamic perspectives to look at recurring patterns. Mindfulness techniques are used to ground conversations when anxiety or stress are present.
In practical terms she helps people name what is stuck and try small steps to test new ways of relating and deciding. Discussions may include communication skills, commitment questions, and handling isolation or caregiver stress. She also works with matters such as abandonment, codependency, dissociation, and issues that follow divorce or separation.
Sessions can bring creative exercises, imagery, and attention to inner symbolic material when desired. Kathryn describes this as depth psychological work that can complement coaching and skill-building. Her long experience includes helping professionals and first responders with the stresses of demanding roles.
She works from New York and conducts sessions in English. For practical next steps, prospective clients are asked to complete the site's matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting to discuss goals and fit.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on attentive listening and collaboration. Online sessions using this approach involve open conversation about current concerns, regular check-ins, and practical problem-solving for stress, relationships, and life purpose questions.Jungian-informed work pays attention to symbols, dreams, and imagination. In online meetings this may mean talking through dreams, using creative prompts, or reflecting on personal imagery to understand repeating themes and personal meaning.
Mindfulness methods bring simple attention exercises into sessions to manage anxiety and ground the conversation. These practices can be short and used between meetings as tools for dealing with stress and impulsivity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathryn will help clients and therapists decide together which mix of client-centered, Jungian, mindfulness, or psychodynamic elements fits best. That choice is based on the person's goals, current concerns, and how they prefer to work.
The specific session formats offered should be confirmed before booking. Please verify available options when you complete the site's matching questionnaire. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapeutic work can be slotted into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, coping with life changes, and executive coaching. Additional areas include life purpose, abandonment, caregiver stress, and isolation.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centered listening with depth psychological methods. She may use dreamwork, imagination, and mindfulness alongside psychodynamic exploration.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience in psychotherapy and related clinical practice.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a NY Psychoanalyst (NY Psychoanalyst 000664) based in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to discuss goals and fit.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.