- Trauma recovery
- Sleep and rest
- Family dynamics
About Katherine
Katherine Peatross is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma recovery, anxiety and stress, family dynamics, parenting concerns, and sleep disturbances. Katherine aims to create a calm, respectful space where people feel heard while they work through difficult problems.
She has experience supporting people affected by posttraumatic stress, communication problems, and control issues. She also brings clinical work with adoption and foster care situations, fertility challenges, cancer-related concerns, and clients who are deaf or hard of hearing. Katherine has worked with individuals who have intellectual disabilities and with those navigating family-of-origin issues.
Her practice leans on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build practical strategies for daily life. Sessions focus on clear goals, steady pacing, and skills that can be used between meetings. Katherine emphasizes collaboration so people can choose what feels most useful.
She pays close attention to how family systems and women’s life experiences shape current struggles. Conversations often include communication skills, coping tools for stress and anxiety, and ways to improve sleep and rest. Katherine aims for gradual, meaningful change tailored to each person’s situation.
People who reach out will find straightforward language and steady guidance. The work is practical and person-centered, with emphasis on what someone can do now to feel better and sleep more restfully.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques guide Katherine’s work, focusing on methods that reduce symptoms and teach practical skills. One common approach emphasizes processing trauma in manageable steps, helping people reduce the impact of past events on current sleep and daily routines. Another approach focuses on skills for anxiety and stress management, teaching breathing, pacing, and behavior adjustments that can improve rest and daytime functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Katherine will discuss options with each person, tailor methods to their needs, and adjust strategies over time. Together they decide which techniques feel most helpful and realistic for the client’s goals and circumstances.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session formats before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins during breaks. It also lets people choose sessions that match their comfort level, such as shorter meetings for focused skill practice or longer sessions for deeper processing. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Katherine commonly address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, family dynamics, parenting concerns, and sleep disturbances. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, cancer-related issues, communication problems, fertility challenges, and post-traumatic stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She uses clear language, sets achievable goals, and teaches skills people can use between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
Katherine brings 30 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns, including complex trauma, family systems, and sleep difficulties.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the credential LPC-MHSP and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.