Kathleen Driscoll

Kathleen Driscoll serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling (OCMHC) program within the College of Education at Seattle University, based on the First Hill campus. She identifies with she/her/hers pronouns and is an active faculty member rooted in Jesuit ideals of holistic education and social justice.

Dr. Driscoll specializes in Gestalt therapy, focusing on helping adults integrate fragmented aspects of themselves to achieve fuller humanity. Her clinical expertise centers on relational and familial trauma, attachment wounds, identity concerns, self-esteem issues, and relational struggles. She emphasizes serving the whole person through an inclusive, socially just framework aligned with the OCMHC program's mission.

In student mentorship, Dr. Driscoll prioritizes clinical skill development, theoretical orientation formation, and blending personal-professional identities. She cultivates sustainable counselor identities by highlighting students' inherent strengths within a supportive community environment that balances encouragement, challenge, and creativity.