Kathleen Carpentier, LCSW

Kathleen Carpentier is a Florida-based licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of practice. She helps people navigate depression, addiction, relationship issues, and intimacy concerns. Kathleen brings steady, practical support when life feels overwhelming.

She focuses on trauma recovery and the effects of long-term childhood trauma while also addressing sleep problems and self-esteem. Her work includes support for people facing career stress, grief, and complicated relationship patterns. She has long experience supporting veterans, first responders, and people with multicultural backgrounds.

Kathleen adapts her approach to each person. She uses methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, strengthen close relationships, and build values-based action. Sessions emphasize clear goals and everyday strategies rather than jargon or abstract theory.

Her practice is affirming for people exploring gender identity and for those in non-monogamous or polyamorous relationships. She also offers assistance around HIV/AIDS concerns, hoarding, hospice and end-of-life matters, infidelity, and jealousy. The aim is practical change that fits real life.

Clients can expect a collaborative tone. Kathleen listens, reflects what she hears, and helps people try different ways of responding to old patterns. The work is paced to each person’s needs and comfort level.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on how emotions shape close relationships and helps people build clearer emotional connection and responses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to test what helps and adjust the plan over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people work with a licensed professional in Florida while living elsewhere, which can help when schedules or location make in-person visits difficult.