Meet the Therapists at Thrive & Shine Co.
Thrive & Shine Co. provides warm, practical, evidence-informed therapy for clients navigating relationship challenges, trauma, anxiety, family transitions, and seasons of uncertainty.
Our therapists offer in-person counseling in Fort Worth, with virtual services available throughout Texas when appropriate
Warm & Welcoming
Therapy should feel supportive, honest, and approachable. We create space for you to feel understood without judgment.
Practical Support
Insight matters, but so does what happens outside the therapy room. We help you build tools you can use in everyday life.
Personalized Care
Your story, relationships, and goals are unique. Therapy is tailored to your needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.
Kathryn Thalken, MS, LMFT-S
Kathryn works with couples, families, and adults who feel stuck in conflict, distance, betrayal, or uncertainty.
Her style is warm, direct, and practical. She helps clients understand the patterns beneath recurring struggles while building healthier communication, emotional safety, trust, and connection.
Kathryn commonly works with:
- Couples and marriage concerns
- Affair recovery and rebuilding trust
- High-conflict relationships
- Marriage intensives
- Discernment counseling
- Co-parenting and blended families
- Anxiety, trauma, and major life transitions
- First responders and their families
Hannah Brestowski, MS, LPC
Hannah works with adults who know the past is over but still feel its impact showing up in the present.
She helps clients understand long-standing survival patterns, process painful experiences, and build a greater sense of safety, confidence, and self-trust. Her approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in evidence-based care.
Hannah commonly works with:
- Childhood trauma
- Anxiety and hypervigilance
- Self-doubt and shame
- People-pleasing and boundary concerns
- Emotional overwhelm
- Relationship patterns connected to earlier experiences
- Distressing memories
- EMDR therapy