About Katherine
Katherine Ward is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia. She draws on practical, talk-and-skill based work to help people reduce stress, manage anxiety, and address depression. Katherine also supports people dealing with addiction and those working on self-esteem, motivation, and relationship challenges.
She aims to meet people where they are and shape sessions to fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on concrete tools and short-term skills as well as deeper understanding of patterns that get in the way.
How Katherine works
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and steady support during hard conversations. Common concerns she addresses include trauma and abuse, sleep and eating struggles, anger, and difficulty coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, body image, gender dysphoria, and concerns related to kink and alternative sex culture.
Substance use and other addictions are also part of her practice. Katherine uses a blend of approaches to match the issue at hand. Techniques may include acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavior work to shift unhelpful thoughts, skills from dialectical behavior therapy, and attachment-focused conversations.
She works collaboratively to choose what fits best. People who want straightforward, empathetic guidance will find a practical style in sessions. Katherine encourages small, sustainable changes and helps people practice new skills between meetings.
Therapy is seen as a joint effort toward clearer choices and calmer days.
Katherine lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | West Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing values-based actions. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, and motivation by teaching acceptance skills and practical steps toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many day-to-day patterns that cause distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. Those struggling with intense emotions, anger, or relationship stress often find the skills helpful.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Katherine will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the exact problems they want to solve. That collaborative process can include trying a few techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, get brief coaching, or use shorter updates during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, family, and other commitments while keeping continuity of care.
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