Kate Evans, LCPC

Kate Evans is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 21 years of clinical experience supporting people through major life transitions and emotional challenges. She specializes in empowering women to strengthen self-esteem, build confidence, and develop strategies for coping with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship difficulties, and career or life-purpose concerns. Her practice also addresses compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, fertility and family transitions, divorce and separation, and the concerns of young adults and LGBT clients.

Working from a holistic and integrative perspective, she considers mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions when helping clients identify priorities and take practical steps forward. Kate uses clients' existing strengths to foster insight and create lasting change, combining evidence-informed methods with an emphasis on real-world coping skills. She draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness-informed techniques to tailor support to each person’s needs.

Katie believes that each person is the expert of their own story and aims to walk alongside clients as they clarify goals, challenge unhelpful patterns, and build a more satisfying life. She offers flexible options for working together and looks forward to supporting those ready to make meaningful changes.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Kate Evans integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help clients notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns while cultivating present-moment awareness. CBT focuses on identifying distorted thoughts and testing them through practical behavioral experiments, which can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support clearer decision making. Mindfulness Therapy encourages gentle awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations, offering tools for stress reduction, emotional regulation, and increased self-compassion.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when clients need concrete strategies for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills emphasize distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and communication techniques that are useful for relationships, workplace stress, and crises that interfere with daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kate works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals and then tailors methods from these approaches to create a personalized plan. Licensed professionals and therapists often blend techniques to match what will be most helpful.

Online therapy with Kate is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing scheduling flexibility and consistent access to care from home or on the go. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain momentum between meetings.