- Guilt and shame
- Trauma and abuse
- Anxiety and stress
About Katharine
Katharine Laidley is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 10 years of professional experience. She works with people facing trauma, abuse, and major life changes, and helps those dealing with anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She also addresses issues such as guilt and shame alongside related concerns like forgiveness and isolation.
She takes a practical approach in sessions. Conversations are shaped around what a person is facing now, with clear goals and steps for moving forward. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, learning ways to manage intense feelings, and testing small changes between meetings.
Katharine adapts her style to each person’s situation. She listens for what matters most and adjusts the pace and focus accordingly. Topics may include coping skills for anxiety, strategies for impulsivity or addiction, and processing trauma reactions in manageable pieces.
Her work often involves exploring how past events affect present thoughts and behaviors. That can mean looking at attachment patterns, dissociation, or communication habits that maintain isolation or shame. She also supports people navigating illness, aging concerns, blended family stress, and relationship breaches such as infidelity.
Practical steps are emphasized during and after sessions. Clients might practice grounding techniques, experiment with new communication approaches, or try short behavioral experiments between meetings. The aim is to build clearer choices and fewer automatic reactions over time.
Evidence-based approaches and how they work online
Many of her sessions draw on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes learning concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress such as breathing, grounding, and brief exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. This helps people who feel overwhelmed by worry or intrusive memories.Another approach looks at patterns of behavior and thinking that maintain problems like addiction, impulsivity, or low self-esteem. That work involves identifying triggers, testing new responses in daily life, and reviewing what did or did not help. It can be useful for people carrying guilt or shame who want clearer choices in stressful moments.
Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose which techniques to try based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean shifting focus over time as progress and setbacks appear.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit visits into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Therapists can also guide practice exercises between meetings so skills are applied in everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, anxiety, stress, ADHD, low self-esteem, and related issues such as guilt and shame.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques focused on clear goals, skill building, and small behavioral changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience as a clinician in Maryland.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCPC licensed in Maryland and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.