About Katie
Katie Thornton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to make coming to therapy feel manageable. She speaks plainly and listens carefully so parents can talk through immediate worries. Katie focuses on clear goals and practical steps rather than long lectures.
She draws on client-centered care to meet people where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships.
How Katie works
Katie has three years of professional experience as an LCSW and practices in Texas. That experience includes supporting people after trauma, during grief, and through major life changes. She also helps those coping with mood disorders, anxiety, ADHD, and addiction-related concerns.
Sessions often focus on improving communication, setting boundaries, and handling family stress. She also addresses issues around adoption and foster care, body image, intimacy and commitment, and career concerns. Katie works with people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, and compassion fatigue.
Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented. Clients can expect a mix of talk, practical exercises, and skill-building. Katie helps people build plans they can use between sessions and checks in on progress over time.
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What Katie works with
The areas below are the ones Katie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Katie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities. In practice this means sessions start by asking what matters most and shaping goals from there, which helps with family stress, life changes, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. Katie uses simple exercises to identify patterns and try small changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. These skills are useful for mood swings, impulsivity, and relationship problems.
Katie treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods out, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to make therapy fit real life rather than force a single method.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text works for brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy routines.
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