Katherine Simmons, LPCC

Katherine Simmons is an Ohio LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 20 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, substance use, and parenting stress. Her practice includes attention to blended family issues among other family and relationship concerns.

Katherine describes a person-centered approach that treats each person with respect and dignity. She focuses on practical changes - shifting unhelpful thoughts, building motivation, and altering behaviors. Sessions are described in straightforward terms: talk through problems, learn new skills, and practice different ways of responding.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression. Mindfulness techniques are used to develop present-moment awareness and stress management skills. Motivational Interviewing is applied when people want help finding the drive to change addictive behaviors or stick with new routines.

Her background spans two decades of work with people facing grief, chronic illness, ADHD, anger, and co-occurring concerns such as substance use and mood disorders. Katherine also lists additional focus areas like caregiver stress, communication problems, attachment concerns, and issues that arise in blended households.

In sessions she aims to recognize each person’s situation and strengths, then set practical goals. She asks what’s important to the client and helps build steps toward those goals. The approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, with straightforward techniques people can use between sessions.