Katherine (Kate) Schenk, LPC

Katherine (Kate) Schenk is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that affect mood and behavior. She helps people who are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed by grief, or struggling with changes in their lives. Kate uses practical, down-to-earth methods so families and individuals can take small steps forward.

Kate works from a client-centered stance and combines several approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and narrative techniques to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Sessions often focus on clear goals and everyday strategies clients can use between meetings.

Her background includes four years as a practicing therapist in Pennsylvania. That time has included work in a variety of settings where she learned to support people with trauma, addiction, brain injury, and mood disorders. Kate aims to make therapy practical and approachable for people juggling work, family, and other life demands.

In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and goal-setting. She helps clients identify small, realistic changes to thoughts and habits that can improve day-to-day functioning. Kate encourages pacing the work to match each person’s needs and resources.

People who connect with her often want a clear plan and tools they can use outside sessions. She invites prospective clients to consider what they hope to change and to start with one step toward a healthier routine.

How these approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about noticing thoughts and learning to act in line with personal values. It helps people who get stuck in worry or avoidance and want clearer goals and small daily changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and habits, and uses practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors. Mindfulness Therapy teaches noticing moment-to-moment experience and can reduce reactivity to difficult thoughts and emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. Sessions are meant to be flexible so techniques can be tried, adjusted, or combined as progress unfolds.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to practice exercises between meetings. It can also allow for shorter check-ins, working without video when needed, or keeping therapy focused on everyday habits and thought patterns that carry over into daily routines.