Katie StevensLSCSW, LCSW

Katie Stevens, LSCSW, LCSW, helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes including pregnancy and childbirth concerns. She listens without judgment and focuses on practical steps clients can take. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people move past what is holding them back.

Katie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other approaches to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Sessions are solution-focused while also looking at life context to find root causes. She encourages small, workable changes that fit into daily life rather than big, overwhelming plans.

Originally from Nebraska, Katie has practiced for 13 years and has lived in the Kansas City area for over a decade. She enjoys outdoor activities and family time outside of work, which inform her down-to-earth approach. That background shapes a calm, practical bedside manner in sessions.

People can expect direct listening, clear feedback, and collaborative goal-setting. Katie aims to create a steady, understanding space where hard topics can be talked through and new options can be practiced. She supports goals like managing mood, reducing panic, addressing postpartum depression, and improving self-esteem.

Her work combines evidence-based methods with mindfulness and motivational techniques to help clients discover what matters most to them. The focus is on what clients want to change and on building realistic steps toward those goals.

Therapeutic approaches applied to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take committed action toward those values while accepting difficult emotions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and issues tied to identity and purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns of thinking that lead to distress and then test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, and unhelpful avoidance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help clients decide which methods fit best based on goals, needs, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can shift over time as progress is made and circumstances change.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make practicing skills in everyday settings more straightforward, since sessions happen where people already spend much of their time. Licensed professionals tailor the mix of ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques to each person's goals so therapy feels practical and relevant.