About Katherine
Katherine "Kate" McDonald is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Colorado. She offers a steady, down-to-earth presence and focuses on helping people handle anxiety, stress, addiction concerns, and mood challenges. Kate emphasizes meeting clients where they are and listening first before deciding on next steps.
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions usually begin with clear goals and small, manageable steps. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness exercises to help people change unhelpful patterns and respond differently to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Kate has 13 years of experience working in community mental health settings. Her background includes work with addiction issues, trauma, and a range of mood and anxiety disorders. She has supported people dealing with grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
She offers a straightforward process for getting started: a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on the platform's availability. Sessions are offered in English and Kate works with people both in Colorado and internationally via remote formats. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Outside of clinical work she enjoys outdoor time, knitting, and bullet journaling. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters and take practical steps toward feeling better.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and some mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick tools that fit a person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls let people have a session that feels most like in-person work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives while still using ACT, CBT, and mindfulness-based exercises.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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