Katherine Shockley offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or major life changes.
01About Katherine
Katherine Shockley offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or major life changes. She writes short, clear plans with each person and helps them use strengths they already have. Katherine is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing from New Jersey with 18 years of experience in related fields.
She started her career in neuroscience imaging and research. After two decades there, she returned to graduate school for mental health and addictions training to provide direct patient care.
Background and approach
That mix of science and clinical focus shapes how she listens and how she frames problems. In sessions she uses talk therapy to help people slow down and name what is happening. She helps clients rethink unhelpful patterns and try small, workable changes.
Conversations are practical and goal-oriented while staying responsive to each person’s pace. Katherine has worked with people facing serious and persistent mental illness and with business professionals seeking coaching or management support. That range informs her approach to mood, anxiety, addiction, grief, and career-related concerns.
She aims to build plans that match daily life. Therapy can include short-term coping strategies and longer work on underlying patterns such as attachment, codependency, or control issues. The focus is on usable skills that help people feel more able to handle their days.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00597100 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1366968687 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Katherine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
How Katherine blends practical methods with online care
Katherine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real-world change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try new responses to stress and mood problems; this is useful for anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Another approach focuses on building coping skills for cravings, relapse prevention, and emotional regulation, which helps with addictions and strong mood swings. Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and daily life, then try methods that match those needs. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the work stays relevant and doable. Online therapy makes sessions easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and keep a stronger sense of connection. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, follow-up notes, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can happen around work, caregiving, and travel.05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Katherine address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, ADHD, and related concerns such as self-esteem, anger, or career strain.
What is her approach to therapy like?
She offers talk therapy that focuses on practical steps and steady progress. Sessions emphasize rethinking patterns and applying small, realistic changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Katherine brings 18 years of experience, including a prior career in neuroscience imaging and later graduate training in mental health and addictions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing from New Jersey.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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