Katherine Simmons, LPCC

Katherine Simmons is an Ohio-based licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, parenting challenges, and other life stresses. Katherine focuses on treating each person with dignity and nonjudgmental respect. She emphasizes the client as the expert in their own story and supports them in taking steps forward.

Katherine favors a whole-person approach that looks at thoughts, behavior, motivation, and feelings together. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, listening space. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Motivational Interviewing is part of her process when people are unsure about change or feeling stuck. Mindfulness-based ideas are also woven into sessions to help with stress, sleeping problems, and emotional regulation. She draws on psychodynamic perspectives to consider how past experiences shape current reactions.

Over two decades she has supported people dealing with grief, relationship struggles, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and multicultural issues. Her approach adapts to each person rather than applying one fixed method. Katherine encourages practical steps and small changes that can be sustained over time.

She asks new clients to take a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. The focus is on helping people find what works for them and building on their existing strengths.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful listening and meeting people where they are. In practice this means the therapist prioritizes understanding the client's experience and supports them without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then practices concrete changes in thinking and behavior to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.

Katherine approaches therapy collaboratively. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and help choose which methods to try. Finding the right mix is an ongoing conversation that may change as needs evolve.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific session options were not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering options that can work around work or caregiving schedules. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote settings, helping people practice CBT skills at home and use mindfulness techniques between sessions.