About Katharine
Katharine Mahan is an LCSW with 27 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She listens carefully and offers a calm, welcoming space for adults who are dealing with grief, depression, or major life changes. Her approach centers on practical steps people can use right away.
She commonly supports adults coping with serious illness, cancer-related concerns, and caregiver stress. She also helps with self-esteem, communication problems, and issues that often affect women.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what feels most pressing for the person in front of her. Katharine follows a client-centered style. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and partners with them to set clear goals.
Together they develop coping tools, practice new skills, and plan for the future. Therapy draws on a mix of evidence-based techniques to build skills that fit each person. Katharine adapts methods so they work for different learning styles and daily routines.
She balances conversation with concrete exercises and short practice tasks to reinforce progress. Sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit busy schedules. People begin with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Katharine works from Texas and holds a Texas LCSW credential.
Practical approaches for online care
Two common approaches she uses are cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness-based work. Cognitive behavioral techniques involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments or behavior changes to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Mindfulness-based work focuses on steadying attention and building tolerance for difficult feelings through short practices that can be used during daily life.She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas that help people clarify values and take small meaningful actions even when worries are present. Each approach is explained in plain language and paired with simple exercises a person can try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit their routine. Together they adjust tools and pace until a comfortable fit is found.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without traveling. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick skill practice, daily support, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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