About Kathryn
Kathryn Sims is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Dakota who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy challenges, and ADHD. She speaks English and American Sign Language. Kathryn focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life and goals.
She keeps conversations respectful and compassionate. Sessions are tailored to what the person needs right now, whether that means short-term coaching or deeper therapy.
Background and approach
Kathryn encourages small, achievable changes that build confidence over time. Her approach blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to help people find what motivates them and manage overwhelming emotions.
Kathryn draws on eight years of professional experience in behavioral health. She works with adults on issues like coping with life changes, career stress, postpartum mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating autism-related needs, fertility or separation concerns, and veteran or first responder stress.
In sessions she focuses on clear goals and collaborative planning. People leave with steps to practice between meetings and ways to track progress. Kathryn aims to be a steady, encouraging partner while clients build new skills and routines.
How Kathryn’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding where a person is coming from. The therapist follows the person's lead, asks open questions, and helps clarify goals so sessions feel relevant and focused.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and building routines to manage ADHD symptoms and daily stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, provides tools for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal skills. It includes practical techniques for distress tolerance and emotional regulation that people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathryn will work with each person to try methods that match their needs and goals, and adjustments are made as progress is tracked. The aim is to pick strategies that feel useful and manageable.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to share short updates, ask questions between meetings, or have brief coaching moments without a full session. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, or busy days while continuing steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Hearing impaired
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Dakota
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language
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