Katharine "Katie" Blum, LPC

Katharine "Katie" Blum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with 11 years of experience. They are genderqueer (they/them) and aims to offer a warm, respectful space for people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Katie centers each session on what the client wants to change or strengthen in their life.

Katie believes clients are the experts on their own lives. Sessions focus on the client’s goals, hopes, and values rather than a therapist’s checklist. The approach is humanistic and person-centered, emphasizing each person’s strengths and capacity to choose a life that feels meaningful.

Therapeutic work can include short-term tools and longer-term skill building. Katie uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness practices. These methods are woven into sessions in straightforward ways, such as noticing difficult thoughts, trying small behavioral experiments, and practicing emotional skills.

Katie has particular experience with neurodivergence, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD. They also support people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, intimacy questions, eating-related struggles, and caregiver strain. Work with these topics is practical and paced to the person’s readiness.

People often come to sessions wanting clearer boundaries, steadier emotions, or better communication. Katie helps people break problems into manageable steps and build daily habits that reflect their values.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness therapy trains simple attention and awareness skills that can lower reactivity and help with emotions, stress, and rumination.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and tailor techniques accordingly. Sessions often mix approaches so practical tools match the client’s needs instead of following a rigid plan.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - shorter check-ins during a midday break, fewer travel barriers, and easier coordination with other commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, skills training, and behavioral experiments to work well in remote sessions, helping people practice new habits between meetings.