About Katherine
Katherine Pennington is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and big life changes. She practices in Kentucky and focuses on practical ways to reduce overwhelm and regain a sense of control. Katherine writes simply and listens closely so people feel heard from the first session.
Her work often starts with immediate concerns like anxiety, relationship strain, or difficulty concentrating. Over time she helps clients notice whether past trauma is affecting daily life.
Background and approach
When deeper issues appear, she moves at a pace the person can handle and breaks work into clear, manageable steps. Katherine favors a down-to-earth style. Sessions center on real problems and concrete skills rather than jargon.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build coping tools, manage impulsivity, and address trauma-related symptoms that interfere with everyday functioning. Many clients find the practical focus useful for life transitions such as separation, midlife shifts, or career stress. Katherine also supports people dealing with substance use, survivor issues, veteran and first responder concerns, and family-of-origin struggles.
She aims to help each person reconnect with strengths and make small changes that add up over time. Sessions are offered in English and are available through multiple online formats. Katherine asks questions about goals and routines so therapy fits each person’s schedule and needs.
Her approach is collaborative, straightforward, and goal-oriented to help people move forward.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Two evidence-based techniques Katherine uses include trauma-focused work and skills-based coping strategies. Trauma-focused work helps people identify how past events affect current feelings and behavior and introduces steps to reduce trauma-related symptoms. Skills-based coping focuses on concrete tools such as grounding, emotion regulation, and planning to manage anxiety and impulsivity.She treats the choice of approach as a shared decision. The therapist will ask about your goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before then tailor the plan together. Sessions may shift over time as needs change so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit shorter breaks or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, written coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward clear goals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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