Katharine "Katie" Blum, LPC

Katharine "Katie" Blum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with over 11 years of experience. They identify as genderqueer (they/them) and aims to offer an accepting space for people from LGBTQIA+ communities. Katie centers each session on the person in front of them and helps people name what they want from life.

Katie frames counseling as a guided journey toward choices a person can truly say yes to. They work from a humanistic perspective that trusts people’s strengths and capacity for change. Sessions focus on clear goals, moment-to-moment listening, and practical steps that fit each person’s life.

Many people see Katie for stress and anxiety concerns, and they also support those facing grief, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. Katie has additional focus in areas such as ADHD and autism, body image and eating issues, caregiver stress, and challenges that come with major life changes.

Therapeutic tools come from approaches like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior skills, and mindfulness practice. Katie uses these methods in plain language and adapts them to each person’s needs and pace.

The emphasis is on helping people build daily practices that reduce overwhelm and increase agency. Katie encourages curiosity about patterns, small experiments in behavior, and honest conversations about values and goals.

How Katie Uses Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values. It often supports work on anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching acceptance of difficult thoughts while focusing on meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and tests them with small experiments. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with daily stress. Mindfulness-based approaches teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which can help with overwhelm and emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort. That means trying a technique, checking in, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed protocol.

Session logistics and formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, or provide a quieter setting for focused work. It also allows a therapist to use worksheets, breathing exercises, and in-the-moment tools during sessions so daily practice can begin right away.