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- Addictions support
- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
About Katherine
Katherine Bolton is an LCSW licensed in Illinois with six years of clinical experience. She helps people manage anxiety and stress, cope with grief and loss, and address addictions and trauma. Katherine also supports adults facing relationship and family concerns, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, and life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and conversational. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape present patterns. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and move toward clearer choices. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical behavior therapy are used when clients need tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Sessions are focused on practical steps and clearer communication. Katherine encourages people to notice patterns in their thinking and behavior, then try small changes between meetings. She pays attention to issues that overlap, such as addiction with mood symptoms or caregiving strain with sleep problems.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone and work that centers on present difficulties and future goals. Katherine often helps people sort through commitment and communication problems, family of origin concerns, and blended family challenges. She also addresses topics like attachment struggles, body image, and kink-affirming conversations when those come up.
Her background includes clinical work across settings with adults facing a range of co-occurring issues. Katherine aims to help people build skills they can use in daily life and to find calmer ways of coping with intense feelings.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at relationship patterns that began earlier in life and how they affect current connections. Online sessions can be used to talk through these patterns and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through specific exercises and homework. CBT in video or phone meetings often includes reviewing thought records and setting small behavior experiments between sessions.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and the problems they want to address. Together they decide which techniques to use and how to pace the work over time.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since formats are not specified in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow therapists to review worksheets, practice DBT skills, and assign exercises that fit into everyday routines without promising a specific format.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, addictions, bipolar symptoms, and family-related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a conversational, practical style drawing on attachment ideas, CBT, DBT skills, and mindfulness to build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Katherine has six years of professional experience working with adults on a range of mental health and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LCSW credential and is licensed in Illinois.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How does her fee structure work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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