"Katie" (Catherine) Leavitt
Practical counseling for stress and relationships
LPC Idaho
- Experience
- 4 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Katie
Katie (Catherine) Leavitt helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy struggles, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem problems, and ADHD.
Background and approach
Katie writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Katie approaches sessions with a calm, straightforward style.
She uses methods that emphasize connection and clear goals. Conversations move between skill practice and reflecting on what gets in the way of change.
Sessions often include exercises to improve communication and build emotional awareness. She brings four years of counseling experience and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
Katie has worked in crisis management and has a long background as an entrepreneur and business consultant. That mix informs a results-oriented way of helping people balance personal and work stress.
Katie draws on Gottman Method ideas to guide relationship work and uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to address personal patterns and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy also shape how she helps clients reframe thoughts and clarify goals.
People who prefer direct feedback and simple, doable tools are often a good fit. Katie aims to help clients identify small changes that make daily life easier and relationships clearer.
She encourages steady steps toward the values someone wants to live by.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions aligned with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. The Gottman Method offers simple tools and exercises to improve communication, reduce conflict, and strengthen emotional connection in relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early connection patterns affect current relationships and helps people build safer ways of relating.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs to decide which methods to emphasize. Sometimes sessions blend techniques from different approaches so the work fits the person's situation and moves at a comfortable pace.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is good for deeper conversation and practicing communication skills. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone wants to process between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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Experience
4+ years
Licensed in
Idaho
Languages
English