Kathleen Sutton , LCPC, LPC

Kathleen Sutton is a licensed counselor with 11 years of clinical experience who blends practical skills with a warm, strengths-based approach. She holds LCPC and LPC credentials - LCPC meaning Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and LPC meaning Licensed Professional Counselor - and maintains licensure in Colorado and Nevada. Over her career she has provided care for people across the lifespan, working with individuals, families, and groups in settings such as residential treatment centers, outpatient group practices, correctional facilities, assisted living, and community art therapy programs.

Kathleen focuses on issues including parenting, self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, stress and anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar conditions. She also addresses practical and relational challenges like communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and aging-related concerns. Her work emphasizes empowerment for women, support through major life transitions, and recovery from abusive relationships.

Her clinical stance is grounded in an authentic therapeutic relationship and a humanistic, client-centered orientation. She integrates evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based perspectives, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical skills while also drawing on mindfulness, somatic work, and expressive arts interventions to help clients access feelings, build emotional regulation, and strengthen resilience. Kathleen provides psychoeducation when helpful and collaborates with each person to develop practical self-care and regulation strategies.

Having worked with clients from early childhood into later adulthood, she brings experience, compassion, and a supportive presence to the work of recovery and growth. Her practice prioritizes listening, validation, and helping people reconnect with their inherent strengths as they navigate life changes and healing.