Katherine Henderson
Compassionate family-focused therapy for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW, LMHC
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Katherine
Katherine Henderson is a licensed psychotherapist who blends practical therapy methods to help families and individuals manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life changes. She holds two master’s degrees - one in social work and one in counseling - and brings 31 years of clinical experience in agency and independent practice settings.
Her manner is warm and respectful, aimed at making hard conversations feel more possible for worried parents and partners.
Background and approach
Katherine draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses client-centered listening to make space for each person’s perspective. Mindfulness and relaxation exercises are offered to reduce overwhelm in the moment.
She has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, depression, and family conflict. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, codependency, divorce and separation, communication problems, and issues related to aging and abandonment. Katherine has provided individual, couples, and family therapy across many years of practice.
Sessions often include dialogue, cognitive reframing, self-monitoring exercises, journaling, and practical coping skills. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR - may be used for trauma processing when appropriate. Her style is nonjudgmental and grounded in respect and compassion.
Therapy with Katherine typically aims to clarify goals, build skills for everyday stressors, and support healthier relationships. She practices in New York and works in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online sessions can teach simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase committed action in daily family life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new behaviors. Practicing CBT skills over video or messaging supports quicker changes in how people respond to stress and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then recommend or combine methods collaboratively. That way the plan fits your family situation and the individual needs you bring to sessions.
Online therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy families and people with tight schedules. Video calls let therapists observe interactions and tone, while phone or text options can make shorter check-ins easier. These formats make it simpler to fit regular sessions into daily life and to practice skills between meetings.
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
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Katherine
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