About Katharine
Katharine Alfs offers calm, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. She listens closely and helps clients find clearer ways to cope. Her approach is straightforward and grounded in everyday life skills rather than jargon.
With 44 years of experience, Katharine blends several well-known therapy methods to meet each person where they are. She uses client-centered work to follow the client's lead and build trust.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions and reducing conflict. Katharine also draws on mindfulness practices to help people stay present and reduce rumination.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy is part of her toolkit when clients need to understand and shift painful emotional patterns. These approaches are chosen to match what the client needs, not as strict rules. She has worked with concerns that include self-esteem, depression, panic, social anxiety, workplace stress, and issues related to caregiving, chronic illness, or recovery from relationship harm.
Katharine pays attention to cultural background and how it shapes each person’s experience. Katharine holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and is also a Licensed Professional Counselor. She practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English.
Her style is steady, compassionate, and focused on real change in day-to-day life.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the client's lead and building a trusting relationship. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to talk and to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers practical tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It is often chosen when people need strategies to handle strong reactions and reduce conflict. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That choice can shift over time as progress is made. Online therapy with Katharine is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or work when bandwidth is lower. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make therapy more flexible and help people keep therapy going around other commitments.Frequently asked questions
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- Experience
- 44 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Michigan
- Languages
- English