About
- Self esteem support
- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and DBT methods
About Kate
Kate Evans is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 21 years of professional experience. She focuses on concerns such as self-esteem, stress, anxiety, relationship and family matters, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues often affecting women and young adults.
She often helps people who struggle with perfectionism, fear of failure, and low self-worth. Many clients come with motivation or confidence challenges and with life changes that feel overwhelming. She also addresses fertility issues, divorce and separation, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related concerns.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Kate combines these methods in a practical way to help people notice patterns, practice new skills, and set concrete steps forward. Sessions tend to focus on strengths and on short-term, achievable changes as well as longer-term insight.
She frames the client as the expert on their own story and works collaboratively to identify priorities and action steps. Conversations may include straightforward skill work, behaviour experiments, emotion regulation tools, and mindful practices that can be used between sessions.
Clients who prefer clear structure and goal-oriented work will find this approach familiar. The emphasis is on everyday changes that fit into busy lives and on building confidence to make decisions that reflect personal values.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Kate uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and for practical steps to improve confidence and daily functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal routines; these skills can be practiced between sessions to reduce overwhelm.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean brief solution-focused steps in some weeks and skills practice from DBT or CBT in others, adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking because the profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. Therapists commonly use video for in-depth sessions or phone for quick check-ins; discuss what will fit your routine when arranging the first appointment.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting concerns are addressed?
She works with adults on relationship and family concerns, including parenting stress and family conflict, and with issues that affect family life such as divorce, separation, and fertility struggles.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques to build skills and set achievable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, grief, and issues commonly affecting women and young adults.
Is she credentialed to practice in the United States?
Yes. She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, listed as LCPC in Illinois.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the profile.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling 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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.