About Kathryn
Kathryn (Katie) Pratt is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with 14 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles, including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and ADHD. Katie aims to create a supportive space where people can feel heard and begin to make changes.
Katie sees the person first and listens for strengths they already have. She believes clients know their story and brings tools to help them move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person's needs. Her work often addresses life transitions, coping skills, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and caregiver stress. She also helps with issues like codependency, communication problems, and struggles tied to family of origin.
Katie uses straightforward methods to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Katie blends practical techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work with person-centered listening. She also uses mindfulness and narrative strategies to help people reframe difficult experiences and build new habits.
People who choose Katie tend to want clear, usable strategies and a compassionate listener. She aims to balance hope, honesty, and a bit of humor while helping clients set realistic goals and practice new ways of coping.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Many of Katie's methods are practical and work well over remote sessions. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. This approach helps with daily symptoms and building routines that stick.Motivational interviewing is a collaborative way to clarify what matters to someone and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is useful for addiction recovery, making health shifts, and moving through life transitions without pressure.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Katie will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods if something isn’t helping. That collaborative process helps match tools to a person's priorities and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and practice new skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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