About Katherine
Katherine Simmons is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 20 years of experience in Ohio. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, trauma, and parenting challenges. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she aims to meet each person where they are.
Katherine centers care on the whole person. She helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts, build motivation, and change behaviors that get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings as well as understanding how past experiences shape current reactions. She practices in a person-centered way, offering nonjudgmental respect and attention to each person's unique story. Katherine also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to teach tools for stress, sleep, and mood.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people want to find reasons to make change and strengthen commitment. Over two decades she has supported people through grief, relationship strain, anger, and struggles with self-esteem and identity, including LGBT concerns. She also works with those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and midlife transitions.
Katherine pays attention to how culture and life context affect coping and recovery. Her style is collaborative and steady. She helps people set clear goals, practice new skills, and track small steps forward.
Many clients find this combination of listening and hands-on strategies useful when coping with anxiety and other life stresses.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and helping each person lead the conversation about their needs. This approach is helpful for people who want empathetic support and decisions guided by their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to notice and change thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and low mood; it works well for sleep problems, stress, and mood management.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then suggest strategies to try. Together they will track what helps and adjust the plan over time so sessions match what the person needs most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to share updates, get reminders, or use brief coaching between longer sessions. These options support flexibility and make it easier to keep consistent progress from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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