About Katherine
Katherine "Kate" McDonald is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who brings 13 years of experience to her work. She meets people where they are, listens carefully, and helps them set clear, doable steps to feel better. Kate aims to make the first conversations straightforward and calm for someone feeling overwhelmed.
Kate trained in forensic psychology at the University of Denver after finishing undergraduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Background and approach
She has spent much of her career in community mental health, working with adults and adolescents from varied backgrounds. Her clinical focus includes anxiety, mood disorders, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, ADHD, and relationship and family stress. Her sessions blend practical skills and reflective work.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and goals, and mindfulness practices to manage stress and grounding. Kate also draws on dialectical behavior strategies for emotion regulation when needed. Kate has experience addressing blended family strains, parenting stress, body image, substance use, and communication problems.
She helps people navigate life changes, cope with guilt or shame, and explore purpose when things feel empty or stuck. Her approach adapts to each person’s pace and priorities. Outside of work she enjoys time outdoors, knitting, bullet journaling, and caring for houseplants.
She works from Colorado and supports English-language sessions, including international clients by arrangement.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values. Online sessions can include exercises to notice thoughts, set goals, and practice committed action between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and replaces them with more helpful habits. In remote work this often means using worksheets, in-session practice, and short homework tasks to try new skills between appointments.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something doesn’t feel useful, the plan can be adjusted together so the sessions match what the client needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more nuance is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good option for lower bandwidth or when stepping away from a screen is easier. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, daily coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats let people access consistent care without long travel times and make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
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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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