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Katherine Rowe, LCSW

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Katherine

Katherine Rowe is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, mood concerns, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to support clients facing challenges such as addiction, grief, parenting stress, and workplace burnout, aiming to create a practical path forward that reflects each person’s values and goals.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration and skill-building, blending therapies that focus on thoughts and behavior with techniques that explore internal parts and attachment patterns. Katherine brings years of clinical practice in Virginia and works with clients who seek help for issues including bipolar disorder, depression, sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue.

She communicates in English and offers services to international clients as well. Sessions are offered through a subscription model with flexible scheduling and multiple online formats.

Katherine frames therapy as a learning process where clients develop tools, clearer self-understanding, and new ways to respond to life’s inevitable stresses.

Integrating parts work and evidence-based therapies online

Internal Family Systems helps people identify and relate to the different “parts” inside themselves, offering a way to soften inner conflict and heal from trauma-related patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and committed action while teaching mindfulness-based skills to tolerate difficult emotions and pursue meaningful goals. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed in early relationships to improve connection, communication, and emotional regulation in current relationships.

Katherine approaches these methods collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right combination of techniques is part of the therapy process. She works with clients to determine which approaches align with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time so treatment fits each person’s lived experience.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work from different locations. These flexible formats support ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and consistent access to a licensed professional while allowing clients to choose the communication style that feels most helpful to them.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Katherine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, addictions, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, career transitions, bipolar and depression, and compassion fatigue, among other challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and skill-oriented, blending mindfulness, parts work, and cognitive-behavioral strategies to help clients build practical coping skills and deepen self-understanding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Katherine has 20 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and brings long-term clinical practice to her online work.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Virginia with license number VA LCSW 0904007518 and provides services from that jurisdiction.
Can nonlocal or international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English for those who live outside the therapist's primary location.
Which session formats does she offer?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with the client’s location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability to begin the intake and matching process.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English