KATHRYN G. O’BRIEN, PHD
WHEN ANALYSIS ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH
Two distinct ways of working with me, based on what life is asking of you right now.
Psychotherapy
For Missouri residents seeking licensed mental health treatment and support.
Compassionate, clinically grounded care for the difficulties that call for therapy.
Symbolic Insight™
For when something keeps returning.
A non-clinical practice of curiosity and symbolic inquiry using conversation, images, meaningful objects, and crystals to explore questions of meaning, transition, and direction.
Because not every question is a problem to solve.
Some are questions to live with.
You don't need to figure out the right type of support first.
Start with what has become important, difficult, or interesting.
Together, you and I will discover what kind of attention it deserves.
Symbolic Insight™
For when something has become interesting
Questions. Symbols. Longings. Transitions.
A space for curiosity, reflection, and symbolic inquiry when thinking alone is no longer enough.
Not psychotherapy.
Not diagnosis.
Not advice.
Simply another way of paying attention.
Private Symbolic Insight™sessions, monthly Symbolic Insight™ Circle member gatherings, and year-long Seasonal Rhythm™ engagements.
Self-pay only.
Psychotherapy
For when suffering calls for clinical care
Anxiety. Relationship distress. Emotional overwhelm.
Times when life feels difficult enough to benefit from licensed, structured mental health treatment and the support of an ongoing therapeutic relationship.
Steady, clinically grounded care.
Available through self-pay or insurance.
Psychotherapy is distinct from Symbolic Insight™, with different purposes, structure, and informed consent requirements.
Insurance-based or self-pay.