Katherine Simmons, LPCC - Therapist in Ohio

About Katherine

Katherine Simmons is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a supervisory endorsement in Ohio. She brings 20 years of experience to therapy and focuses on supporting people facing addictions, trauma, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, and stress. Her style is respectful and nonjudgmental, and she centers each person’s goals in the work.

She takes a whole-person view rather than only treating symptoms. Sessions often include conversation about thoughts and feelings, practical steps to change behavior, and building motivation.

Background and approach

She draws on client-centered listening to understand what matters most to each person. Katherine uses tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try new actions. She also includes mindfulness skills to help manage stress and downshift intense emotions.

Motivational interviewing techniques help people find what truly matters to them when making change. Her background includes work with substance use, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and a range of family and relationship concerns. She also attends to caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues that arise in blended families and multicultural contexts.

Katherine believes clients are experts in their own lives and builds on people’s strengths. She helps people make small, realistic changes that fit their daily routines. The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with respect and treating each person as the expert in their own life. It helps when someone needs a supportive place to talk through values and next steps. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits. Mindfulness therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to calm stress and improve sleep.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try approaches that fit the situation, and adjust as needed. Together they decide which tools feel useful and which should be changed or dropped.

Online therapy provides flexible ways to meet - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, keep momentum between meetings, and access care from home or work. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver conversation, skill practice, motivational coaching, and brief exercises adapted for remote use.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Katherine address?

Her practice covers addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting, anger, depression, stress, anxiety, LGBT issues, relationship and family problems, grief, sleep difficulties, self esteem, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her general therapy style?

She works in a client-centered way that emphasizes respectful listening and collaboration. Techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas may be used to support change.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 20 years of professional experience working with a variety of mental health and behavioral concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor credential with supervisory endorsement, listed as OH LPCC E.0500033-SUPV.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Ohio
Languages: English

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