About Katherine
Katherine (Katie) Briggs helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, and related concerns. She has particular experience supporting people facing depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, and panic symptoms. Katie also addresses intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and life changes that feel overwhelming.
Katie Briggs has worked in mental health for many years. She brings 20 years of professional experience to sessions and holds LCPC and LPC credentials.
Background and approach
She is licensed in Virginia and prefers video sessions when possible. In sessions she uses straightforward methods that help people make changes. Katie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going.
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and Mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Her approach blends practical tools with time to tell your story. Katie listens for what’s getting in the way of daily life and focuses on steps you can take between sessions.
She offers motivational interviewing techniques when people need help finding reasons to change and psychodynamic ideas when longer patterns of relationship and feeling are useful to examine. People who work with her can expect calm, focused sessions that name problems clearly and set achievable goals. Katie aims to make therapy understandable and usable.
She will talk about options and help you choose a path that meets your needs.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It breaks big issues into small, practical steps and often uses exercises to practice between sessions. DBT focuses on skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. It teaches concrete techniques for calming down and responding more effectively to conflict or panic.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most, so clients play an active role in deciding what to keep or change.
Online formats allow flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and skills coaching, while phone sessions can fit a busy day or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, tracking progress, and practicing tools between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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