About Katrina
Dr. Katrina Stokes welcomes people who are feeling stuck by relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, grief, or career crossroads. She writes plainly and listens closely.
She helps clients name the problem, set clear goals, and find steps that fit their life. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Michigan with 25 years of experience. Her work centers on building on a person's existing strengths.
Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and move at a practical pace.
Background and approach
Dr. Stokes combines straightforward talk with techniques that help change thoughts and behaviors when those patterns get in the way. She also offers focused strategies for trauma, and brief goal-oriented work when people want practical solutions fast.
Expect a calm, direct approach and actionable next steps after sessions. She has additional experience supporting first responders, people facing infidelity, and those dealing with hospice or end-of-life concerns. Grief work includes helping people make sense of loss and find ways to carry on day to day.
Starting therapy with her involves a short matching process and scheduling a time that fits. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make it easier to connect around busy lives.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client's priorities so people feel understood and in charge of their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings and teaches clear skills to shift those patterns for problems like anxiety, low mood, or relationship stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process difficult events in a paced way and build coping tools to reduce the way past events interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Stokes will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust the plan as progress is made so the work stays useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone can be used when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people keep momentum between sessions or use shorter, flexible check-ins during a busy week. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work and family obligations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English