Katherine Rowe, LCSW

Katherine Rowe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience helping people facing midlife transitions, stress, anxiety, trauma, and grief. She focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. Katherine aims to create an open place where people can talk without judgment and find ways to feel more content.

Her work often addresses parenting challenges, caring for a family member, and problems that come from past wounds like abandonment or attachment issues. She also supports people dealing with addiction, bipolar disorder, depression, and the strain of first responder work. Katherine helps clients sort through career questions, sleep problems, and relationship stress as part of broader life changes.

Therapy sessions tend to center on learning new skills and making values-based choices. Katherine uses methods such as acceptance and commitment approaches, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness techniques to help people notice patterns and try different responses. She also draws on attachment-focused work and EMDR when trauma processing is needed.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together and progress is tracked in simple steps. Katherine combines practical coping strategies with attention to personal history and relationships. Her style is direct but warm, aiming for clearer thinking and better daily habits.

Katherine practices in Virginia and works in English. She welcomes international clients and supports people navigating major life shifts, parenting strain, and recovery from past trauma.

Approaches used in online sessions and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to sit with uncomfortable feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises and homework to change how problems are handled. It often helps with mood, sleep, and coping skills. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that can help people process painful memories and reduce their intensity when trauma is a core concern.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katherine will collaborate with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review progress and adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and relevant.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm the current options before booking. Katherine works from a values-driven, skills-oriented framework that translates well to remote sessions, helping people apply what they learn between meetings and manage everyday challenges more effectively.