Kathee Foxan , LCSW

Kathee Foxan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist practicing in Iowa with fourteen years of professional experience. She draws on a long history of work in community mental health and specialized care settings to support people facing a wide range of challenges.

For the past thirteen years she has provided therapy in a community mental health center and for the last six years she has also worked with residents in nursing home settings. Across her career she has counseled clients from early childhood through late adulthood, working with people as young as three and as old as ninety-three. Much of her practice involves supporting individuals who have experienced trauma or loss of independence and those coping with poverty, substance use or legal involvement, including many people of color.

She focuses on concerns related to mood, anxiety, anger-based difficulties, and personality disorder symptoms, applying cognitive behavioral techniques alongside other clinical approaches to help clients build coping skills and navigate life changes. As an LCSW, she brings training in social work and clinical intervention to address both emotional symptoms and the practical realities that affect a person’s wellbeing.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Kathee Foxan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy, and she also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when appropriate. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist supports the client’s own goals and strengths to foster growth and self-understanding. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness and can be helpful for strong emotional reactions and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kathee works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time as the work evolves.

Online therapy offers flexibility to connect by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access care from different locations. These options allow licensed professionals and therapists to deliver consistent support, skill building, and problem solving in ways that suit each client’s life and comfort level.