About Katherine
Katherine (Katie) Briggs focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and addictions. She is Katherine Briggs and she brings two decades of experience to therapy. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at helping people manage symptoms and rebuild daily routines.
She prefers video sessions but also offers other remote formats. Katie has worked in mental health since 1995, primarily supporting adults who face chronic and severe symptoms such as depression, bipolar disorder, and co-occurring substance use.
How Katherine works
She has experience helping people cope with trauma, PTSD, personality disorder patterns, and the practical impacts of mental health on everyday life. Her long experience includes hospice and end-of-life counseling and work related to HIV and AIDS. Her approach blends several methods.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support lasting change, and psychodynamic ideas to look at deeper life patterns.
Katie holds licenses as an LCPC and an LPC, with licensure in Virginia and Nevada. She favors video calls for sessions but offers phone, live chat, and text messaging depending on need. Sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Getting started is straightforward: press the Start Therapy button, fill a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
Katherine lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
CBT helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and then practice different ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thoughts and behaviors.DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving relationships. It can help with anger, mood swings, and patterns of self-destructive coping.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and acceptance skills to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. It pairs well with CBT and DBT when stress and trauma symptoms make it hard to focus.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share between sessions or choose a written format for check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility needs while using the therapist’s chosen approaches.
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