Katie Newberry
Calm, practical support for parents and caregivers
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Katie
Katie Newberry is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and life changes. She helps with relationship struggles, anger, grief, trauma and abuse, and attention difficulties such as ADHD. Katie also addresses issues like self-esteem, communication problems, and blended family concerns.
She practices in Alabama and offers care in English. Katie keeps sessions relaxed to make it easier to build trust.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical steps that parents and caregivers can use between visits. Her approach centers on the person in front of her and on clear, achievable goals. Clients can expect straightforward conversations and tools they can try right away.
She draws on several evidence-based methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and supports changes in thinking and actions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches coping skills for intense emotions and helps with regulation.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental space where the person’s priorities guide the work. Katie has five years of experience in mental health and holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Social Work from Auburn University. Her license is AL LICSW 4627C.
She has worked with people across the lifespan and has additional experience supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental differences. Her style is collaborative and solution-minded. She works with each person to shape a plan that fits their family life and daily routines.
If a parent wants practical suggestions for home, school, or relationships, Katie aims to make changes feel manageable.
Approaches for online family and parenting support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s concerns guide each session. This approach helps parents and caregivers feel heard and shapes goals around real family needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches simple tools to change unhelpful thinking and to try different behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress at home.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It can be useful when strong reactions affect parenting, relationships, or daily routines.
Katie works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She discusses goals and preferences together and adjusts methods based on what helps most. Figuring out the right fit is part of the process and happens over the first few sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families. Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to keep appointments, try new skills at home, and follow up between meetings.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
Next step
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