Katy Schoen, LPC

Katy Schoen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia who draws on four years of clinical experience to support people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, and life transitions. As an LPC, she holds a state license to provide mental health counseling and combines professional training with a down-to-earth approach to help clients build practical skills and reach meaningful goals.

She holds a B.A. in Psychology from West Virginia University, an M.S. in Developmental Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University, and an M.S. in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from West Virginia University. Katy works with adults facing depression, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, career and family issues, compassion fatigue, and a range of attachment and abandonment-related struggles. She also has experience supporting veterans and people coping with chronic illness or pain.

Katy emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own lives and focuses on identifying and strengthening existing resources. Her counseling style is laid back and compassionate, and she often uses an appropriate sense of humor to ease difficult conversations. She offers an affirming space specifically for members of the Jewish community and acknowledges cultural stressors such as rising anti-semitism.

Katy does not provide Christian-based counseling, does not work with couples, and does not see clients under 18. Her work centers on helping individuals clarify their values, develop coping tools, and make choices that fit their current circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and learn practical strategies to accept difficult emotions while building a life guided by personal values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and coping with major life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection that develop in relationships and explores how early and current relational experiences shape emotional responses. This approach can be especially helpful for intimacy concerns, attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and family or relationship difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy offers a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflecting understanding and helping clients access their own insight and strengths. It suits people working on self-esteem, decision-making, and personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Katy will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and needs, and may combine techniques from different models to best support progress. Licensed professionals adapt as therapy unfolds, so finding the best fit is part of the process.

Online therapy provides flexibility to receive care from home or elsewhere using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule consistent sessions, manage therapy around work and family obligations, and maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.