"Katie" (Catherine) Leavitt

Katie (Catherine) Leavitt is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy struggles, and parenting challenges. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, anger, self-esteem problems, and big life changes. Katie speaks English and practices in Idaho as an LPC.

Katie uses a straightforward, relational style in sessions. She listens, reflects, and helps clients notice how thoughts and actions get in the way. She draws on Mindfulness Therapy to bring more awareness to everyday moments. She also uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people make different choices and break unhelpful patterns.

People often come for help with attachment issues, communication problems, or repeated relationship themes like infidelity, control struggles, or avoidant behavior. Katie can coach individuals through divorce and separation, postpartum depression, midlife questions, and finding renewed life purpose. She frames work as practical and stepwise rather than abstract.

Her background includes four years of clinical experience paired with about twenty years of prior work as an entrepreneur and business consultant. That mix informs a pragmatic approach for complex situations. She aims to meet each person where they are and tailor methods to their situation.

Katie asks clients to bring curiosity and willingness to try small changes between sessions. The focus is on building clearer communication, steadier emotional responses, and more meaningful relationships over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Mindfulness Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations with less reactivity. It can help with anxiety, stress, and recurring relationship patterns by building present-moment awareness and choices rather than automatic reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines mindfulness with values-based action; it helps people clarify what matters and commit to small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts arise. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and change how they connect with others, which is useful for intimacy, communication, and trust issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit best for their goals and circumstances. She tailors exercises and homework to what the client wants to focus on and checks in often to adapt the plan.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not listed here. If you prefer online work, ask about the current options when you sign up. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins between other responsibilities. Therapists can use mindfulness exercises, values clarification, and communication practices effectively in remote sessions when the approach is chosen together.