Katherine Peatross

Katherine Peatross is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) with three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are coping with trauma, anxiety, stress, and family or parenting challenges. Her work often includes supporting those dealing with sleep problems and the lasting effects of abuse.

She has spent much of her career learning how past events shape present relationships. Katherine pays attention to family patterns and communication habits that keep problems going. She also supports people facing post-traumatic stress, control issues, and difficult conversations within families.

Katherine has experience working with older adults and with people who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has supported individuals with intellectual disability and those involved in adoption, foster care, or fertility journeys. She also offers care for people navigating cancer-related concerns.

Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. Sessions are practical and focused on small, doable steps people can use between meetings. Katherine emphasizes clear communication and gradual progress rather than quick fixes.

She practices in Tennessee and conducts work in English. If you think her background might fit your needs, use the site tools to start a match and schedule a time to talk. You will complete a short questionnaire to help find the best fit before booking.

How evidence-based approaches fit into online care

Katherine's work is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Two approaches commonly used in cases like hers are trauma-focused methods and skills-based anxiety work. Trauma-focused methods help people process traumatic memories and reduce their hold on daily life, often by breaking problems into smaller, manageable steps. Skills-based anxiety work teaches practical tools for managing worry, calming the body, and improving sleep routines.

Another helpful approach is family-systems informed work, which looks at communication patterns and roles that keep problems going. This style helps people practice new ways of talking and setting boundaries so relationships feel more workable. Katherine aims to match the approach to each person's needs rather than using a single method for everyone.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Katherine will talk with each person about their goals, past experiences, and what methods feel most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you want online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins, and let people attend from a location with fewer distractions. Discussing format choices is part of the first steps when scheduling.