Kitty Hall, LCSW

Kitty Hall is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Virginia. She brings four years of clinical experience alongside many earlier years supporting older adults. Kitty aims to make therapy understandable and useful for people facing strong emotions and life challenges.

She uses straightforward, practical methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Kitty also helps people who are dealing with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, caregiver stress, job changes, and the challenges of aging. ADHD, mood disorders, and obsessive or compulsive worries are included among the concerns she often addresses.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance-based work and a client-centered style. Kitty uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, when processing traumatic memories is a goal. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies for clear, goal-oriented sessions.

In sessions she listens for practical patterns and offers tools people can try between meetings. Together with each person she sets realistic goals and adjusts plans to match what’s working. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.

Kitty has a background working with older adults and spent several years supporting school-aged children before focusing on adult services. She currently provides care through a private agency and conducts sessions in multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.

How Kitty’s approaches translate to online therapy

Kitty uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, panic, and many day-to-day stresses.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on values and learning to live with difficult feelings while taking meaningful action. ACT can be helpful for chronic worry, life transitions, and burnout. Kitty brings a client-centered stance to sessions, listening closely and shaping each plan to the person’s goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kitty collaborates with each person to decide whether CBT, ACT, EMDR, or another method best fits the issue and the pace they prefer. She adapts techniques so they make sense in an online setting and checks in often about what is helping.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people practice skills with real-time feedback. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Chat or messaging can be useful for short check-ins, tracking progress, or writing through thoughts when typing feels easier. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences.