Works with
How Katherine works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Katherine
Katherine Shockley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life transitions. She draws on 18 years of experience to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed find practical ways forward. Katherine explains things plainly and works with each person to set realistic goals they can use right away.
She started in neuroscience imaging and research and later returned to graduate school for a degree in mental health and addictions treatment.
Background and approach
That mix of science and clinical training shapes how she approaches care. Katherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person's needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan. In sessions she helps clients identify existing strengths and build new coping skills.
This can include managing persistent worry, depressive symptoms, problematic substance use, or difficulties tied to trauma and grief. She also supports people facing career stress, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and complicated life changes. Katherine works with people navigating relationship challenges, codependency, attachment issues, and communication problems.
She also has experience with mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and ADHD-related struggles, and with compassion fatigue among caregivers and professionals. Her style is direct but empathetic, aimed at practical change. Katherine helps clients rethink patterns, try new behaviors, and apply resilience in daily life.
She welcomes sessions from people in New Jersey and from international clients who prefer online formats.
What Katherine works with
Everything Katherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Katherine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
She draws on evidence-based techniques that teach practical skills for day-to-day life. One common approach is skills-based work that focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors to reduce worry and low mood; this helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by giving clear steps to practice. Another approach emphasizes coping and relapse prevention for addictions and compulsive behaviors, helping people plan for triggers and build routines that support recovery.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review a person's history, current goals, and preferences and then recommend methods to try together. Plans are adjusted over time based on what works and what feels manageable for the client.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and hold longer sessions, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for easier check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins or on-the-go reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, travel, or health limitations while keeping the focus on measurable progress.
Questions people ask about Katherine
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, depression, bipolar concerns, and life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment and communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors each plan to the person. Sessions focus on practical skills, identifying strengths, and changing unhelpful patterns.
What is her clinical background?
She began in neuroscience imaging and research and later completed graduate training in mental health and addictions treatment. She has 18 years of experience in clinical work.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in New Jersey and lists New Jersey as her location.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is listed as accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.