Katherine (Katie) Strub , LMHC

Katherine (Katie) Strub is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Iowa who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, and a wide range of other life challenges. She brings 15 years of experience and a straightforward, down-to-earth style. Katie aims to make therapy feel practical and understandable for busy people and parents reading on a phone.

Katie adapts her approach to each person rather than using a single method for everyone. She uses Client-Centered techniques to listen and build trust. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and EMDR for processing trauma when appropriate.

People who come to Katie often want to address grief, intimacy issues, parenting strain, substance concerns, or work-related burnout. She also supports clients working through attachment problems, abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, body image, and caregiving stress. Katie aims to name problems clearly and find small steps that make daily life easier.

Her sessions are frank and pragmatic. Katie describes her role as the bumpers in bowling - she guides and keeps the work on track while clients make their own choices. She values honesty and removes pressure to be perfect during the change process.

Katie works with clients around sexual orientation and gender identity concerns and other LGBT matters. She helps people experiencing dissociation, domestic violence, divorce and separation, and coping with disasters, among other issues. Her focus is on usable strategies and steady support as clients navigate change.

To begin, she asks a few questions about goals and recent struggles, then builds a plan that fits each person's life and schedule.

How Katie’s approaches work online

Katie commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting what you say, and creating a steady space where goals emerge from your own priorities. CBT helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that make stress or anxiety worse and teaches practical skills to change them.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma processing when it fits a person’s needs. EMDR involves guided processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact and can help with trauma, abuse, and persistent distress that interferes with daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Katie will collaborate with each client to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts techniques over time as progress and priorities change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, brief check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into a busy life.