About Katherine
Katherine Bonham is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 13 years in mental health and addictions work. She holds a Master of Science in counseling and a graduate certificate in addictions studies. Katherine centers sessions on practical skills and clear explanations so people know what to expect.
She asks for honesty and a willingness to try as the starting point for change. Her background includes research supporting trauma-informed group therapy and long experience across many settings in Minnesota.
How Katherine works
She began work in 2010 and has been licensed since 2013. That pathway led to focused work with trauma and substance use alongside depression and anxiety concerns. Katherine uses short, teachable skills clients can practice between sessions.
She emphasizes psychoeducation so people understand what techniques are being used, why they might help, and how they fit real life. Sessions aim to leave people with tools they can use right away. She draws on approaches that help change thinking and behavior and on methods that strengthen emotion regulation and present-moment awareness.
Katherine also brings motivational techniques when people are weighing big changes. Her style blends warmth with clear guidance and practical steps. Outside therapy she prioritizes movement, social connection, and time with her dog.
She enjoys cooking and exploring green spaces around Minneapolis-St. Paul. Katherine welcomes the chance to support someone ready to try a different way forward.
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What Katherine works with
The areas below are the ones Katherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic tools adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and clarify goals. It helps people who need a supportive space to sort feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through teaching distress tolerance and emotion regulation.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Katherine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and adapt methods based on what seems most helpful. That collaboration shapes whether sessions emphasize skills practice, motivational work, or mindful awareness.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit everyday life. Video can be useful for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can support quick progress notes or brief coaching between sessions. These options aim to make it easier to attend regularly and to use therapy in the flow of daily life.
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