About Katy
Katy Schoen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in West Virginia. She brings four years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on practical, goal-oriented support for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Katy keeps her approach down-to-earth and compassionate.
She uses straightforward conversation and a sense of humor when appropriate. Sessions emphasize identifying strengths and building skills people can use between meetings. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication problems, and life purpose. Katy helps clients sort through control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, and struggles tied to mood and career pressures. Katy believes clients are the experts on their own lives.
She works collaboratively to clarify goals and to teach tools that support change. That can mean learning coping strategies, practicing new ways of relating, or reshaping negative thinking patterns. Her style is warm and relaxed while remaining focused on practical progress.
Katy does not offer Christian-based counseling, couples therapy, or work with clients under 18. She provides a welcoming space for Jewish clients and acknowledges cultural stresses that affect that community.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by focusing on what matters most and small steps toward it. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions; it can be useful for intimacy issues, abandonment feelings, and communication problems. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person in front of the therapist, offering empathy and respect while the individual explores goals and choices.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katy will discuss these options and tailor strategies to a person's needs, goals, and preferences. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to adjust methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter, lower-bandwidth option when video isn't needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling support, and staying connected between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue consistent care when schedules change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English