Katherine Henderson, LCSW, LMHC

Katherine Henderson is a licensed clinician with 31 years of experience offering psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, couples, and families in New York. She holds the credentials LCSW and LMHC - LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and has earned master’s degrees from Albany State University of New York State and St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Over decades of work in agency settings and private practice, she has developed a warm, nonjudgmental style that emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Katherine draws on a blend of evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person’s needs. Her practice commonly includes cognitive reframing, mindfulness exercises, self-monitoring, relaxation techniques, journal writing, and guided dialogue to help clients notice patterns and try new ways of coping. She integrates cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based ideas to address anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and life transitions.

She has substantial experience with couples and family work as well as individual therapy, and she addresses challenges that range from caregiving stress, codependency, and communication problems to issues of abandonment, aging, and adjustment after separation or loss. Katherine aims to create a supportive therapeutic relationship that helps people approach difficult emotions and painful experiences at a sustainable pace, and to collaborate with each client on a treatment plan shaped by their goals and preferences.

Applying Therapeutic Approaches to Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that reflect their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions by encouraging practical steps aligned with what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and trying concrete skills to shift those patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and situational problems that benefit from structured skill-building. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist offers empathy and understanding to help clients explore their experience and build self-directed growth.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Katherine Henderson works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts strategies over time as progress is made. This collaborative process helps ensure that therapy reflects each person’s priorities and comfort level.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose a communication style that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can deliver these approaches effectively online, allowing clients to access consistent support without geographic constraints.