Katherine "Kate" Tower , LCSW

Katherine "Kate" Tower uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience and brings steady, compassionate care to each session.

Kate focuses on clear, usable strategies. She listens first, then helps people name problems and try small changes that feel doable. Sessions often include mindfulness skills, emotion regulation tools, and values-based work to help people move forward.

Her practice supports people coping with relationship strain, parenting pressures, sleep problems, grief, and work-related stress. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include body image, attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and chronic illness or pain.

People can expect a collaborative style that blends acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, and concrete behavior skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Kate also draws on the Gottman Method when relationship dynamics are part of the work. The aim is practical change rather than jargon-filled talk.

Sessions are offered in English and take place with attention to each person’s schedule and needs. Kate practices in Tennessee as an LCSW and uses approaches that help people build resilience, understand patterns, and take manageable steps toward their goals.

How Kate’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when emotions are painful. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting focus from fighting feelings to living in line with personal goals.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects back what she hears, and creates room for clients to discover their own solutions. This approach suits people who want a steady, supportive presence while they work through stress or self-esteem issues.

Finding the right fit is part of the process. Kate works together with each person to choose which methods to try based on needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions may mix approaches and are adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days. Chat and messaging provide quick check-ins, shorter updates, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, and other routines.