About Katherine
Katherine "Katie" Saraga is a licensed clinical social worker with four years of experience. She practices in Illinois and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. Katie aims to make therapy approachable and down to earth.
Katie keeps a relaxed and warm style in sessions. She listens without judgment and helps people notice their strengths. Conversations are straightforward and often include practical steps to cope with daily challenges.
Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify what matters most and take committed steps toward those values. Mindfulness and dialectical skills help with emotion regulation and staying grounded during hard moments. Katie has worked with concerns such as self-esteem, grief, anger, sleeping problems, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses neurodiversity-related topics like autism and Asperger syndrome, and supports people living with chronic pain, illness, or disability. Sessions can take different forms including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Katie communicates in English and practices under an Illinois LCSW license.
People who want clear, practical guidance and a compassionate listener may find her approach helpful. She works collaboratively to set goals and build small, usable steps toward better daily functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what truly matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It can help with anxiety, stress, and finding direction during life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to blend these methods based on goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in session. Adjustments happen over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people keep face-to-face interaction without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins, follow-up questions, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to connect from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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