About Katherine
Katherine Ward is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions, and supports work on self-esteem, motivation, and relationship concerns. Katherine takes a respectful and compassionate approach.
She adapts sessions to each person’s needs instead of using one fixed plan. That means practical steps and conversations that match what a client wants to change. She draws on a mix of therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to help with thoughts, behaviors, and values-driven choices.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-informed work to address relationship patterns and healing after hurt. Katherine works with a wide range of issues such as trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, communication problems, and grief around abandonment.
Sessions are intended to be a collaborative effort. Katherine aims to create an accepting space where clients can try new coping tools, practice communication, and build small routines that add up to meaningful change. She emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How these approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps people move forward even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful habits. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns and early bonds, helping people notice how past experiences shape current connections and emotional responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. That collaborative planning helps find what feels practical and effective for each person.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this practice. Video calls let conversations feel more like in-person sessions and are useful for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for steady support between sessions and work well for quick coping strategies or updates. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy weeks and different routines.
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What this counselor works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English