Katy Schoen

Katy Schoen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in West Virginia. She brings four years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and confidence.

Her approach is relaxed and compassionate. She uses clear language and an appropriate sense of humor to make conversations feel less heavy. Katy treats people as the expert in their own lives and helps them notice strengths they can use to move forward.

In therapy she works to give practical tools for everyday challenges. Clients can expect help with emotional regulation, communication problems, coping with life changes, and grief. She also supports people dealing with career stress, intimacy-related issues, anger, and mood concerns.

Katy has additional focus areas that include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, chronic illness and pain, body image, and issues common to veterans and armed forces communities. She also addresses guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

She does not provide Christian-based counseling, work with couples, or see clients under 18. She offers a welcoming space for Jewish clients who want to address cultural and safety concerns. To begin, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling when they make their first contact.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early connections shape current reactions and intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katy will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will recommend methods that seem to fit. The plan is collaborative - she listens, offers options, and adjusts based on what is helpful in real life.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, or choose a quieter moment for a check-in. It can also allow people to work with therapists who are licensed in their state without changing daily routines.