- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Katia
Katia Gilliam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 22 years of experience in mental health and social services. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on clear steps parents and individuals can use. Katia speaks English and Portuguese and accepts international clients for online work.
Her experience spans school-based programs, crisis intervention, residential treatment, and community mental health settings. That background informs how she supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
She has also worked in roles such as admissions program manager and supervisor for child welfare services. Katia uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage strong emotions and change unhelpful habits. Sessions often include skills practice, short-term problem solving, and tools families can try between meetings.
She emphasizes simple, realistic strategies that fit day-to-day life. Parents find her approach practical when coping with behavior, school issues, or the strain of caregiving. She also works with concerns like self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, eating difficulties, and career transitions.
Katia can address additional areas such as adoption and foster care, ADHD, and first responder issues. The therapist aims to build a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about what they are facing. She helps clients set clear goals and tracks progress in ways that feel manageable.
If someone wants guidance on parenting or other life changes, Katia focuses on realistic steps forward.
What Katia works with
Everything Katia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Katia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches for online parenting support
Katia draws on several evidence-based techniques to help people manage emotions and solve practical problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can help during conflicts or overwhelming parenting moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katia discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. She collaborates with clients to choose strategies that match their needs, whether they want short-term coping tools or longer skills practice.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth discussion and skills coaching. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and flexible communication between sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around parenting and daily life.
Questions people ask about Katia
What concerns does Katia commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, ADHD, and career or life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and solution oriented. Sessions focus on skills, short-term problem solving, and tools clients can use between meetings.
What kind of background does she have?
Katia has 22 years of experience in mental health and social services, including school-based work, crisis intervention, residential treatment, and supervisory roles in child welfare programs.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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