About Katharine
Katharine Alfs helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, or big life changes. She uses plain, practical steps so people can start feeling steadier. Katharine brings calm and steady presence to sessions and focuses on what a person needs right now.
She has 44 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor and a licensed professional counselor - LMHC and LPC. Katharine aims to meet people where they are and build skills that fit everyday life.
How Katharine works
She listens closely and adjusts her approach to each person’s concerns and cultural background. Her work often blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral ideas and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. That lets her both explore feelings and teach ways to change unhelpful thinking and cope in the moment.
Mindfulness and emotionally focused approaches are also part of how she helps people notice patterns and reconnect with what matters. Sessions cover common issues like depression, panic, social anxiety, and workplace stress. Katharine also supports people dealing with caregiving strain, chronic illness or pain, relationship endings, domestic violence, and multicultural concerns.
She keeps language straightforward and practical so busy or worried people can follow along. She practices in Florida and works in English. People who want to begin provide some basic information and then match to a schedule that fits both the client and the therapist.
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Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 44 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and making space for the person's perspective; it helps people feel heard and understood so they can decide what changes to make. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, involves looking at patterns of thought and behavior and learning practical skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that are useful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will try methods that suit the client's needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone can fit a quick check-in or fit around work, live chat is useful for shorter exchanges, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders or brief updates. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around daily life and needs.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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