Kathy Rubendall, LCSW

Kathy Rubendall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 30 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and bipolar mood concerns. Her style is warm, interactive, and focused on respect and compassion. She aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and clear.

Kathy combines client-centered care with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people set realistic goals and take small steps forward. Sessions focus on concrete tools, problem solving, and building skills that fit daily life.

Kathy aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through painful topics and try new coping methods. She listens carefully and adapts plans to each person’s priorities. Progress may include improved mood regulation, clearer thinking about choices, and better routines for sleep and eating.

She practices in North Carolina as an NC LCSW. Conversations are in English. If someone is considering starting, Kathy encourages completing the matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session to see if the approach fits.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Kathy uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and preferences, listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and choose goals that fit their lives.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and managing cravings. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal skills when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Kathy will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what methods feel most useful. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust them as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats offered before booking since none were listed in the biography. Many people find remote work helps fit therapy into busy schedules, allows shorter check-ins when needed, and makes it easier to keep appointments around work or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can adapt the approaches above to online work so the focus stays on practical tools and steady progress.