Dr. Kathryn (Kitty) Klee, LCPC
Illinois · 33 years in practice
Dr. Kathryn (Kitty) Klee is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor with 33 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180001551 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1609930486 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kathryn
Dr. Kathryn (Kitty) Klee is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor with 33 years of experience. She draws on a long career helping people sort through family conflicts, parenting pressures, and major life changes.
Kitty uses clear, direct conversation to help clients notice strengths and make practical shifts. She encourages people to take small steps toward a more manageable, satisfying life. Kitty believes clients are the experts on their own stories.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. She listens, reflects, and offers tools when they fit the client's goals. That can mean practice skills to manage mood, strategies to improve communication, or conversations that help clarify values.
Her work often addresses self-esteem, motivation, and coping after loss or change. She also supports people dealing with attention challenges, addictive patterns, sleep disruption, career strain, and compassion fatigue. Trauma, intimacy issues, and relationship struggles are common topics she helps people talk through.
Practices Kitty uses include client-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, emotionally focused ideas, and existential perspectives. These are offered in straightforward ways meant to be useful between sessions. She aims for sessions that feel practical and respectful of each person's pace.
People who prefer a collaborative, steady approach tend to fit well with Kitty. She works with adults who want clear steps, honest conversation, and a focus on real-life problems. Her practice is based in Illinois and sessions are held in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kathryn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kathryn names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Existential therapy looks at the big questions people carry - meaning, responsibility, and choice - and helps them find personal direction when life feels unsettled. It can be useful for people facing major life changes, loss, or questions about purpose. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room by listening closely and reflecting what matters to them; it helps when someone needs support to make their own decisions and build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and is often used for depression, anxiety, and sleep or attention difficulties.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try, and adjustments are made as the work unfolds so the plan fits real life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work with a therapist more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or people who prefer writing. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kitty commonly help with?
She helps people with family conflict, parenting stress, self-esteem, coping with life changes, ADHD, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma, intimacy issues, sleep problems, career stress, depression, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and offers concrete strategies when they match a person's goals.
What kind of professional experience does she have?
She has 33 years of professional work experience supporting adults through personal and family challenges and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LCPC license and practices in Illinois.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the person's needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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