Therapist profile
Katherine Ward, LPC
West Virginia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Stress and Addictions
Continue with KatherineWhere Katherine stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, West Virginia / 2758
- NPI
- 1336845387
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- West Virginia
About
- ACT methods
- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
About Katherine
Katherine Ward is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia with four years of clinical experience. She works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports those coping with relationship problems, self-esteem issues, motivation struggles, and complex concerns such as trauma, disordered eating, and codependency.
Katherine structures sessions around the person's goals. She listens without judgment and helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions, not just on talking about problems.
Her approach draws on several methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies. That means she helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, try small experiments, and practice new ways of responding when strong emotions arise. Attachment-informed work is used when past relationship experiences affect current connections.
Sessions also include skills from dialectical behavior work when emotion regulation or intense reactions are an issue. These skills are taught in simple, usable ways so people can apply them during stressful moments. The aim is clearer thinking and more effective choices, not quick fixes.
Katherine invites clients to set practical, achievable goals. She helps people build boundaries, handle caregiving strain, and manage cravings or compulsive behaviors. People who have struggled with shame, abandonment fears, or body image concerns may find concrete strategies and steady support in sessions.
How sessions work
How Katherine integrates evidence-based approaches in online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and committing to small actions that move life in a meaningful direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical experiments to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and helps people try different ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Katherine treats that as a collaboration. She reviews what is most pressing, what has and hasn’t worked before, and what the person prefers, then adapts techniques so they make sense in day-to-day life.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people practice skills in real contexts and bring immediate examples to sessions. Licensed professionals, including this counselor, can guide clients in selecting approaches and practical arrangements that fit their schedules and goals.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
West Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and self-esteem concerns, and related issues such as codependency and body image.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses practical, skills-based work alongside reflective discussion, drawing on CBT, ACT, DBT, and attachment approaches to address patterns and teach coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a counselor practicing in West Virginia.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in West Virginia and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with people outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.