Kate Evans , LCPC

Kate Evans is an Illinois licensed professional counselor (LCPC) with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping women notice their strengths and take steps toward a more satisfying life. She emphasizes practical change and clear goals rather than jargon. Conversations are direct and supportive with attention to what matters most to the individual.

Clients often come for help with low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions like divorce or fertility struggles. Kate also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, guilt, shame, and questions about career or life purpose. She helps young adults and people in LGBT communities who want to find steadier footing.

Her approach mixes structured tools with reflective work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are used to build calm and to set achievable steps forward.

Sessions look at practical steps you can try between meetings. Kate draws on a whole-person view, considering emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual needs to shape a plan. She centers a person’s own goals and strengths when setting priorities and measuring progress.

Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. The aim is to help people build tools they can use every day and to shift patterns that keep them stuck. Kate frames therapy as walking alongside someone while they reclaim more of what they want from life.

How Kate’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

CBT helps identify patterns of thought that keep someone stuck and tests small behavior changes to see what works. Online CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, thought records, and planning experiments you can try between meetings.

DBT provides skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. In remote sessions this often looks like practicing specific skills, reviewing real-time challenges, and building step-by-step plans for handling intense moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to decide whether CBT, DBT, mindfulness, or solution-focused steps fit best. That decision can shift as needs change and progress is reviewed collaboratively.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit into busy lives.