Kathy Hurley, LMHC

Kathy Hurley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 23 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with trauma, abuse, grief, depression, and big life transitions. She also offers executive and professional coaching to support career and role-related challenges.

Kathy creates an open space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Conversations focus on real-life habits and patterns that affect day-to-day coping. She encourages small, practical changes that can make daily life feel more manageable.

Her experience includes working with adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and autism and Asperger Syndrome. She has also supported people facing caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and family of origin concerns. Kathy works with issues such as codependency, communication problems, and grief related to hospice and end-of-life situations.

Clients often bring multiple concerns at once, and Kathy addresses co-morbidity and overlapping stressors. She offers help for relationship separation, forgiveness work, hoarding-related distress, and coping after disasters. Her coaching work focuses on professional growth and clearer decision making.

People who reach out will be guided through straightforward steps to identify goals and try practical strategies. The initial steps are set up to match each person’s needs and pace. Kathy emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she supports people through the long work of change.

How evidence-based techniques guide online work

Many clinicians use evidence-based therapeutic techniques to focus on thoughts and everyday habits. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with clearer, more realistic thoughts; this can help with depression and day-to-day coping. Another approach emphasizes small behavioral changes and routine adjustments to reduce stress and improve functioning after loss or major life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review a person’s goals, symptoms, and preferences and then collaborate on which methods to try. This is a team process and may involve testing different strategies until a good fit is found.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also be useful when someone prefers not to be on camera or needs a lower-bandwidth option for a session. Licensed professionals can work with clients to shape a plan that fits daily routines and goals.