I am licensed in Washington DC with 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with parenting issues, anger management, motivation, self esteem, and & coping with balancing life changes. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I admire you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Postpartum depression, Prejudice and discrimination, Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy
DC LPC PRC1357
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Written on Dec 30, 2025 after therapy with Kathy for 1 year and 6 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Ms. Bates is a wonderfully skilled, woman of God. She is exactly who I needed to help with my overthinking and times of difficulties. I would strongly recommend her.
Written on Nov 28, 2025 after therapy with Kathy for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues
I very much like working with Kathy. She has great insight and creates a collaboratively dynamic to assist in identifying and resolving obstacles to better understanding behaviors.
Written on Sep 07, 2025 after therapy with Kathy for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, career difficulties, and coaching
Very understanding warm yet professional great advice and a good listener
She's been a true blessing
Written on Feb 12, 2025 after therapy with Kathy for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, and compassion fatigue
I love my therapist she is very wise and listens very well.
Written on Dec 27, 2024 after therapy with Kathy for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
It has been a pleasure working with Ms. Bates. I love how she incorporates spirituality along with other methods to help in our sessions. She has a wealth of wisdom to gain from, and she uses it in each session. It is very easy to talk to her, which really helps me gain so much from the sessions. She does an excellent job
Written on Oct 18, 2024 after therapy with Kathy for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem