Katherine Pinyan

Katherine Pinyan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of experience. She has worked in community mental health, outpatient clinics, boarding school, inpatient care, volunteer settings, and primary care. Katherine aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk about hard changes and concerns.

She takes a warm and interactive approach. Sessions focus on what the person wants to achieve. Katherine avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with sensitivity. She combines practical talk with emotional attention to support real-world change.

Katherine has helped people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and life transitions. She also has experience with LGBTQ issues, relationship and family challenges, grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting questions, and addictions. Some clients have used medication as part of their overall care when indicated.

Her method blends client-centered listening with focused skills work. That includes cognitive-behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior approaches when useful. Emotionally-focused and existential ideas shape conversations about meaning and connection.

Katherine has substantial experience with adolescents and youth in clinical settings and school environments. She also supports adults facing caregiving strain, chronic illness, blended family issues, and attachment-related concerns. She invites people to set clear goals and to take practical steps toward them.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Client-centered therapy puts the person's goals at the center and emphasizes empathic listening and respect. It helps people who need a supportive space to sort through feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small, practical changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katherine will discuss different methods and help decide what fits best for the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people join from different locations without rearranging large parts of their day. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote work so sessions stay focused and practical.