About Katherine
Katherine Henderson is a licensed clinician with more than three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She holds a Master of Social Work and a counseling degree and practices in New York as an LCSW and LMHC. Her style is warm and straightforward and she aims to make therapy understandable and practical for busy families.
In sessions she tailors conversation to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She draws from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people change unhelpful thinking and from client-centered methods to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Mindfulness and emotion-focused techniques are used when people need tools to calm intense feelings or repair relationships. She has worked in agencies and independent practice for many years.
That background includes individual therapy, couples work, and family-focused concerns. Katherine often helps people facing grief, trauma, anger, or major life changes and supports caregivers and those dealing with aging or bereavement. Typical therapist tools include guided dialogue, cognitive reframing, journal prompts, relaxation skills, and self-monitoring exercises.
She also uses techniques adapted from acceptance-based and dialectical approaches when emotions feel overwhelming. EMDR is among the methods she lists for processing traumatic memories. Her aim is practical progress rather than labels.
She works with people to set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track small changes over time. Many clients find this steady, compassionate approach helpful during stressful transitions.
Approach-informed care online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with values-driven action. It is useful when someone feels stuck by worry or avoidance and wants practical ways to move forward. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and empathy so people feel understood and safe to talk about sensitive issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear skills to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and try different methods to find what fits. Together you decide whether to emphasize skills training, emotion work, or values-based change depending on what helps most.
Online therapy offers several flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and emotion work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, homework review, and skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while using evidence-informed approaches listed above.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English