Kathleen Mahoney, LMSW
Clinical Social Worker
Kathleen Mahoney LMSW is a fully licensed clinical therapist who graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Postgraduate she functioned as a Medical Social Worker in both a hospital and homecare settings. These positions afforded her the opportunity to assist with many medical diagnoses and treatments including chronic pain, heart disease, COPD, oncology and hospice. She utilizes this knowledge in her treatment process.
Before joining Lakes Psychiatric Center PLLC, she was a Clinical Therapist at A Healing Place LLC for over two years. Prior to this experience she worked as a Clinical Therapist at Henry Ford Jackson Behavioral Health for twenty years. Kathleen practices from both a holistic and strength-based perspective to assist clients with creating personal goals that can then become the actions that improve their daily life. She has training in treating multiple diagnoses including women’s issues, depression, anxiety, grief, PTSD, relationship issues and life transitions with her treatment focused on the use of cognitive behavioral therapy while incorporating other models as well.
Kathleen believes that therapy is a substantial investment involving significant time and energy and she enjoys aiding people who need guidance with discovering the areas of their life that create concern and are blocking their ability to find contentment. Kathleen works with individuals ages 18 and older as well as couples. One of the aspects of therapy that Kathleen values most is in constructing a safe and trustworthy environment for clients to be able to confidently share their thoughts and feelings so they can begin the journey of self-healing and fulfill internal objectives.
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