Katherine Peatross
Experienced counselor focused on family concerns
- Credentials
- LPC-MHSP
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Katherine
Katherine Peatross is a licensed professional counselor with three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma recovery, anxiety and stress management, family dynamics, and parenting concerns. Katherine aims to make hard conversations feel manageable and clear for people in stressful seasons.
She has worked across the lifespan and brings particular experience with older adults, people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those with intellectual disabilities. Her work also includes supporting people affected by adoption and foster care, fertility and cancer-related issues, and sleep disturbances.
Background and approach
Katherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and pays attention to how family patterns shape present struggles. Sessions often look at communication habits, control issues, and intergenerational dynamics that keep problems stuck. She prioritizes straightforward feedback and practical strategies that people can use between sessions.
Her style is direct and compassionate. She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the pace so clients can process difficult material without feeling overwhelmed. She helps people set realistic goals and notice small changes that add up.
Katherine’s experience includes extensive clinical work with trauma, post-traumatic stress, and related coping challenges. People come to her for help managing anxiety, improving sleep, and navigating the demands of parenting while juggling other life stressors.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Evidence-based techniques are central to her work. One common approach focuses on trauma-informed methods that help people understand and process past harm. This involves pacing material, identifying triggers, and building coping skills to reduce distress. Another frequent element is skills-based anxiety and stress management. That looks like learning practical breathing and sleep strategies, testing small behavior changes, and tracking what helps between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will review options, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful and doable.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking. Many people choose online work because it can fit into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to keep regular appointments. Online sessions also allow shorter check-ins when needed and let people continue care during life transitions. Ask about specific session types when you schedule so you know what to expect.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
Next step
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