- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Grief
About Katharine
Katharine "Katie" Blum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with 11 years of clinical experience. They identify as genderqueer (they/them) and aims to offer a warm, understanding atmosphere for people who value an accepting space. Katie approaches counseling as a partnership that centers each person's goals and hopes.
Katie works from a humanistic foundation and frequently supports clients who identify as neurodivergent, including people with Autism Spectrum Disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Background and approach
Their work also addresses common life strains such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. They describe therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide the direction of sessions. Sessions often focus on practical skills and clear steps that people can use between meetings.
Katie draws from evidence-based methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills. These tools are used to build coping options, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen daily routines. People come to Katie for help with relationship and intimacy-related issues, body image and eating concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue among other topics.
They also address attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and dissociation. Therapy with Katie is paced to fit each person. They emphasize curiosity, respect, and working toward goals the client chooses.
The intent is to support steady progress toward a life the client can say yes to.
What Katharine works with
Everything Katharine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Katharine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Katharine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Katharine "Katie" Blum uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) among other approaches. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions, which can be useful for anxiety, grief, and parenting stress. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments to change moods and behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie treats therapy as a collaboration and will help the client try methods that fit their goals and comfort level. Together they adjust techniques and pace so sessions stay relevant to daily life and clear next steps emerge after each meeting.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is good for longer work and face-to-face conversation, phone can be lower bandwidth and easier when movement is needed, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy routines and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Katharine
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Sessions can address stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, and many related issues such as ADHD, trauma, intimacy matters, eating concerns, and caregiver strain.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative and humanistic, centering the client as the expert of their life. Practical skills and mindfulness are mixed with acceptance-based and cognitive strategies to meet real-world goals.
What experience does the therapist bring?
The clinician has 11 years of experience working with a range of concerns and often supports people who are neurodivergent, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
The therapist holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Louisiana and practices there.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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