Katie Hunter, LMHC

Katie Hunter is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are wrestling with anxiety, grief, chronic or terminal illness, and the strain of caregiving. Her work centers on clear, practical support for the everyday difficulties that follow major life changes.

She listens first, then helps people name what feels overwhelming. Katie uses approaches that encourage practical coping skills and steady emotional support. People often come to her feeling exhausted, guilty, angry, or unsure who they are after a health crisis or relationship shift.

Katie has particular experience supporting caregivers and spouses facing a partner's illness or alcohol use. She also helps people dealing with chronic pain, cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the long-term stress that follows a health diagnosis. She frames challenges in plain terms and focuses on doable steps forward.

Her style blends client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when needed. Solution-focused and trauma-focused methods are also part of her toolbox to address specific problems and past events. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and build practical skills that fit into daily life.

Katie practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English. She encourages people to take small steps toward change and stays focused on what will help someone feel more capable and steady in their day-to-day life.

Approaches that guide online care and coping

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship. It centers the person’s goals and priorities and helps people feel heard as they make changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies for reducing anxiety and managing mood. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, brings practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, which can be helpful for people feeling overwhelmed by chronic stress or caregiving demands.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with practical CBT tools, then adding DBT skills or trauma-focused strategies as issues surface. The plan evolves based on what helps most.

Confirm current session formats before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing commute time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering options that work around caregiving or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep progress steady while focusing on coping skills, grief processing, and day-to-day problem solving.