About Katherine
Katherine "Kate" Tower is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem struggles. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce overwhelm and build coping skills. She uses approaches that emphasize values, skills, and mindful awareness.
Sessions often include learning ways to tolerate strong emotions, clarify what matters most, and practice small changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Kate aims to make things feel more manageable, one step at a time. Her background includes long experience helping people through life transitions, grief, trauma and addiction challenges. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, caregiver stress, sleep problems, and career-related pressures.
Kate pays attention to co-occurring concerns such as chronic illness, neurodiversity, and attachment-related issues. Kate takes a collaborative, client-centered stance. That means she listens closely and adjusts the work based on each person's goals and preferences.
Together clients and Kate set short-term goals and track progress in practical ways. She offers multiple telehealth formats to fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Kate practices in Tennessee and holds LCSW credentials in Indiana and Tennessee.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what truly matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when strong emotions are present. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and challenges like phobias that get in the way of meaningful activities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication. It is often used for people struggling with high emotional reactivity or overwhelming stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship so clients can explore goals and make their own changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques that fit the issue, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That shared decision-making helps tailor the work to each person's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as scheduling flexibility and easier access from home or work. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and emotional work, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions, share brief updates, or receive quick coaching during a busy day. These options let people fit therapy into their routines and keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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