Katherine Pinyan, LCMHC

Katherine Pinyan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of experience. She has worked across community mental health, outpatient clinics, inpatient settings, boarding schools, primary care, and volunteer roles. Katherine brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps that help people move forward.

Her work is warm and interactive. She blends client-centered care with cognitive and behavioral strategies to address day-to-day problems. Sessions focus on the person's goals and on what they want to change in life.

Katherine has supported people with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and stress. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. She has particular experience with LGBT issues and with parenting and caregiver stress.

She has spent many years working with adolescents and has experience in settings that serve young people. In addition she lists aging and geriatric issues among her focuses and can address concerns that come with life stage changes.

Her style is nonjudgmental and sensitive. She avoids stigmatizing labels and centers respect and compassion in sessions. Katherine works with each person to set clear goals and practical steps to reach them.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship, helping people feel heard and understood so they can set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which helps with relationship strain and intense mood swings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Katherine will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She blends techniques and adapts them as the work unfolds so the plan stays practical and goal-focused.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They can also support continuity of care when life changes make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals and therapists aim to tailor session length and frequency to match everyday life and goals.