About Katharine
Katharine Laidley is a licensed clinician practicing in Maryland with ten years of professional experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC, and she focuses on supporting people through hard life moments. She meets each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Katharine helps people tackle concerns such as addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety, and ADHD. She also addresses related issues like attachment struggles, communication problems, codependency, and isolation.
How Katharine works
Her work extends to topics connected to aging, health challenges such as cancer, and complex emotional reactions including guilt, shame, and dissociation. Her style is practical and tailored. Conversations and plans are shaped around each person’s needs and goals.
She focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions and on building skills to manage difficult feelings. Katharine values collaboration. She aims to create a space where people feel heard and can take small, concrete steps toward change.
The approach emphasizes support, empowerment, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. People who choose her often want focused, down-to-earth help with stressful life changes, grief, trauma, or persistent worry. She works with clients to set realistic goals and to find ways of coping that fit their daily lives.
What Katharine works with
The areas below are the ones Katharine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients find brief, focused techniques helpful for managing anxiety and stress. Katharine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that teach breathing, grounding, and thought-management skills to reduce overwhelming worry and improve daily functioning.For trauma and related concerns she uses approaches that help people process difficult memories and regain a sense of safety in their day-to-day lives. These methods break problems into manageable steps and focus on reducing symptoms that interfere with sleep, work, or relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Katharine collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans over time based on how a person responds and what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, quick coaching, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives and to continue care across changing schedules.
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