Kathleen Shapiro, LPC

Kathleen Shapiro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and life changes. Kathleen uses straightforward, person-focused care to help people reduce reactivity and handle difficult moments more effectively.

She draws on cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Dialectical behavior strategies are used for learning emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Kathleen also uses client-centered principles to keep conversations grounded in each person’s priorities, and solution-focused techniques to name practical next steps.

Sessions emphasize collaboration. Kathleen will help identify concrete goals and then practice manageable skills between meetings. Motivational interviewing is part of how she helps people find reasons to change when habits or substance use get in the way of their goals.

Her approach pays attention to cultural and life-context factors that shape how anger and stress show up. She encourages pacing work to each person’s comfort level and builds skills in short, actionable steps rather than long lectures.

Outside the office she spends time outdoors, walks on local trails, and plays softball on weekends. That practical, activity-oriented side shows up in sessions as an interest in building day-to-day routines and coping tools that fit real life.

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