Katherine (Kate) Schenk
Practical, values-focused counseling for parents
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Katherine
Katherine (Kate) Schenk is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and other life challenges. Kate uses straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel approachable for parents and caregivers seeking help.
Her approach blends several evidence-based methods so sessions match each person's needs. Kate draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered techniques to help people notice thoughts, try small behavior changes, and clarify values.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness and narrative ideas when those tools fit the situation. With four years of clinical experience, she has supported people facing a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and challenges tied to career or life transitions.
Additional focus areas include first responder issues, infidelity, intellectual disability, obsessive-compulsive concerns, postpartum depression, and process addictions among others. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, users select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. Kate aims to create a calm, practical space where parents can talk through concerns, set doable goals, and build coping skills that fit their daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions that feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and includes simple exercises to test and change patterns that cause distress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so the person feels understood and can set their own goals.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative stance makes it easier to try tools and keep what works.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy parents and caregivers. Video calls let sessions feel face-to-face from home, phone sessions can be a good option when video is difficult, and live chat or text messaging make it possible to check in between meetings. These formats increase flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time, and let people access licensed professionals from wherever they are located in Pennsylvania.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Katherine
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- Stop at any point