- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Parenting support
About Katharine
Katharine “Katy” Nicholson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in New York with 10 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, anxiety, and mood issues. Katy also lists blended family issues among her additional focus areas and works in English.
Katy commonly meets with individual family members to clarify what they need and how those needs are not being heard. She listens for communication patterns and helps people try different ways of speaking and responding. She also works with parents who want practical approaches to parenting and behavior questions.
Her background includes a decade of work in outpatient community mental health and earlier roles using family-based methods. Katy has used a range of approaches in that work, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused work, and client-centered practices.
In sessions she leans toward problem solving and skill-building. That may look like practicing a conversation, trying a new boundary, or testing a different response to stress. She says she is willing to use creative methods when a straightforward approach stalls.
Katy notes that she often sees family systems but also meets people individually. She does not accept international clients. Practical steps to begin include completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the site's online options.
How Katy integrates her approaches in online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current bonds affect how people respond in relationships. In practice this can mean noticing patterns of closeness or distance and trying new ways to connect or set limits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It often involves testing small changes and using practical exercises to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Katy will help clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit the person's goals and situation. That decision is based on needs, what has or hasn't worked before, and the client's preferences.
The original biography states she offers online counseling, but it does not list specific session formats. Confirm the exact online session options before booking so you know whether appointments are by video, phone, or another method. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can try consistent work during regular weeks.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting, trauma, anxiety, depression, and related issues such as blended family challenges and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a mix of attachment-based, client-centered, CBT, DBT, and emotionally-focused ideas aimed at practical problem solving and building communication skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has around 10 years of clinical experience and about eight years working in outpatient community mental health settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in New York and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she provide?
The therapist's original profile mentions online counseling; confirm the current session formats before booking to know which online options are offered.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.