Kathleen Osta

Kathleen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over twenty years of experience. She supports clients to be present to the wisdom of their bodies, drawing on multiple modalities including somatic experiencing, interpersonal neurobiology and polyvagal theory as well as mindfulness and self-compassion practices. Kathleen holds a systemic view of healing, mindful of the many interpersonal, intergenerational, and societal factors that shape our experiences. Kathleen is a warm, compassionate, therapist who is skilled at building trusting, collaborative relationships with clients of all ages and cultural backgrounds to support the healing process. Kathleen’s approach is strengths-based, working from the knowledge that we all carry within us the wisdom we need to heal and be well. Many of the symptoms that bring clients to therapy are often related to attempts at self-regulation that may have been adaptive at one time, but are no longer serving them. Kathleen supports clients to honor the ways they survived traumatic experiences and explore new, more satisfying, connected, and liberated ways of being. Kathleen also has a special interest in supporting teenagers, young adults, and families to reconnect and stay connected. She supports parents to be emotionally attuned to their children so they can parent with greater confidence and joy. Parenting can be one of the most rewarding experiences of our lives; it can also be one of the most challenging and isolating. Often issues that we thought we had long ago addressed rise back to the surface as our children go through various developmental stages. These moments are openings to deepen our self-awareness and healing so that we can feel better and show up for our kids in ways that break intergenerational patterns and strengthen our relationships.