- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR and mindfulness
About Katie
Katie Thornton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with three years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also helps with parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, stress, addictions, and questions around identity and life purpose.
Katie uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She draws on client-centered ideas to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT skills for emotional regulation when those tools are useful.
Her background includes work with trauma and post-traumatic stress, adoption and foster care issues, and family-of-origin problems. She has experience supporting people through major life changes and complicated grief. Katie also helps clients manage mood and panic symptoms and looks at how impulsivity or isolation may be affecting daily life.
In sessions she combines trauma-focused work such as EMDR with mindfulness practices when appropriate. The emphasis is on noticing what is happening now, naming difficult feelings like guilt and shame, and trying concrete skills that change how someone responds day to day.
Katie describes the client as the expert on their life and helps people identify goals and make a plan to reach them. She aims to be practical and clear about next steps so people leave sessions with something they can try between meetings.
How Katie uses therapy methods online
Client-centered therapy is about listening and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach focus on the client's goals and preferences and build on their strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Online CBT with Katie can include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behavioral experiments between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve mood.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. In remote sessions these skills are taught and practiced, with real-time coaching on how to use them in everyday moments.
Finding the right approach happens together. Katie will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and what techniques feel most useful. That collaborative process helps decide whether CBT, DBT, trauma-focused work such as EMDR, mindfulness, or a mix will be used.
Confirm the specific online session formats before booking since formats were not detailed in the biography. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time so sessions fit into a busy week. Therapists and licensed professionals often use these practical benefits to help therapy fit daily life.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Texas, Maine, Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Katie works with anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, plus relationship and parenting concerns. She also addresses addiction, stress, bipolar and mood disorders, and guilt and shame.
How would she approach work with shame or guilt?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to name and examine shame and guilt. Trauma-focused tools and mindfulness are offered when that fits the persons needs.
What is her clinical experience?
She has three years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with individuals across a range of concerns including trauma, grief, and mood disorders.
Which credentials and region apply?
She is an LCSW and practices in Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Please check available formats on the booking page.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
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.