Meet Kathryn

What Sets Me Apart as a Therapist in Birmingham, AL

I founded Empower Counseling because I knew there was a better way to treat anxiety: Acceptance Commitment Therapy or ACT.

My Approach

With patience and compassion, we will begin therapy by asking what you want and need from your therapy. Then I only use effective evidence-based treatment to help you reach your counseling goals. My intent as your counselor is to help you reach, and even surpass, your therapy goals as quickly and as effectively as possible.

I work with clients who feel like you, find hope and break free from what has been keeping you stuck. Through ACT, not only do you become “unstuck”, you also learn exactly what direction you want to take in your life, and the actions that will get you there.

I am advanced trained in using Acceptance Commitment Therapy and specialize in working with individuals who seek counseling for:

• Anxiety – Generalized (GAD), Social (SAD), Performance, Panic Attacks
• Depression Counseling
• Difficult Life Transitions – High School to College, College to Working, New Career, Other Significant Loss or Change
• Counseling and Guidance for College Students
• Teen Counseling
• Counseling for Professionals
• Finding Purpose and Meaning

The FUn Stuff

I love my dogs, Cooper and Otis. They are so funny. Cooper is a black Labrador Retriever and Otis is a chocolate Lab. Ever since Cooper was a small puppy, he would trot up to Otis and sit down on him, then slide down into the crook of Otis between his front legs and his back legs. Sometimes he just lays his head on top of Otis or Otis lays his head on Cooper.

I have 3 children, 2 boys and a girl. You can imagine the dynamic.

If I could only choose one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be lobster. If I could choose a second food, it would be cashews.

One of my favorite movies ever is The Blind Side. I think it is a moving example of what can happen in the world when we listen to our hearts.