About Kathryn
Kathryn LaMorte is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Kathryn writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
Her work often addresses parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and the particular pressures that come with caregiving. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care histories, feelings of abandonment, and the deep emptiness that can follow major life changes.
Background and approach
Kathryn pays attention to how guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose show up for adults. Kathryn draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations. Sessions are aimed at helping people notice patterns, try new ways of coping, and build self-compassion.
She keeps the process collaborative and practical, focusing on goals the person sets. She brings 15 years of experience in counseling to her work in Tennessee. Her background includes helping young adults and caregivers find clearer direction and steadier emotions.
Kathryn frames discussions in a way that fits each person’s faith or values when that is important to them. People who work with her often start by identifying one or two problems to tackle. From there she offers straightforward tools, reflective conversation, and homework ideas to practice between sessions.
The aim is steady progress toward more confidence and a clearer sense of purpose.
How specific techniques translate to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques used in her work focus on practical skills and clearer self-understanding. One common approach helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and depression by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, healthier responses in daily life. This is useful for managing panic, low mood, or pervasive worry.Another approach emphasizes building self-compassion and repairing guilt or shame. It helps people practice kinder self-talk, set realistic expectations, and try small experiments that increase confidence and self-respect. That approach often supports those dealing with caregiver strain, emptiness, or adoption-related wounds.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kathryn helps clients figure out which techniques fit their goals, values, and daily life. She adjusts methods over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for longer conversations and guided exercises. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief progress notes, short coping reminders, or daily support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between visits.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English