About Katherine
Katherine Pennington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience helping people through hard times. She practices in Kentucky and focuses on everyday worries like stress and anxiety as well as deeper issues such as trauma and its lasting effects. Katherine writes plainly and listens closely so people feel understood from the first session.
She often sees people who come for anxiety or life stress and later discover trauma is part of the picture.
Background and approach
When that happens, she helps clients gently uncover and work through those layers at a comfortable pace. Conversations move at a pace set by the client and practical coping skills are introduced along the way. Her style is warm, grounding, and nonjudgmental.
Sessions aim to identify patterns that cause distress and try out small changes that can make daily life easier. Katherine emphasizes strengths and real-world strategies rather than jargon or complicated steps. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions like separation and midlife shifts.
Other areas she addresses include substance use, first responder and veteran concerns, and family of origin issues. Katherine adapts each plan to the person sitting across from her. Katherine uses a collaborative approach that centers individual goals and values.
She helps people build coping skills, regulate strong emotions, and regain a sense of control over daily life. The pace and direction of work change as needs change.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Beginning with techniques that focus on trauma and anxiety, Katherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. One approach emphasizes gradual exposure to feared situations and building tolerance so anxiety has less control over daily life. Another approach focuses on processing traumatic memories and related symptoms in a paced, contained way so people can reduce distress and feel more stable over time.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Katherine works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust strategies as progress is made. The plan changes if something isn’t helpful and small steps are prioritized to match what the person can handle.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can make regular care easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions and live chat can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, continued skill practice, and ongoing connection between sessions. These options let people find a rhythm that fits their schedule and life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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