Katie Stevens, LSCSW, LCSW

Katie Stevens is a licensed clinical social worker who offers compassionate, solution-focused therapy grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She provides a steady, nonjudgmental space to explore obstacles, identify patterns, and work toward meaningful personal goals. As a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), she combines clinical training with practical strategies to help clients address stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship concerns, and other life challenges.

Katie approaches sessions with curiosity and respect, looking at the whole of a person’s life to uncover the roots of current difficulties while keeping the work focused on attainable change. She emphasizes collaboration and encouragement, helping people move past roadblocks and toward their own version of well-being. No topic is off-limits, and she aims to make each interaction a useful and respectful step forward.

Originally from Nebraska, Katie has called the Kansas City metro area home for 14 years and values time outdoors and with family. Her background in social work informs a practical, empathetic style that supports clients from many walks of life as they navigate transitions, healing, and growth.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Katie commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and works to develop practical strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, offering a supportive environment where a person’s values and goals guide the pace and content of sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may also be used to help people clarify what matters most to them and to build small, actionable steps toward those values.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Katie works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and geographic distance. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions and to access therapy from home, work, or while traveling, helping therapy to fit into everyday life rather than the other way around.