Katherine Pinyan, LCMHC

Katherine Pinyan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of experience. She has worked in community mental health, outpatient clinics, inpatient settings, boarding schools, volunteer programs, and primary care. Katherine has supported people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and life changes. She also has experience with LGBTQ concerns and with adolescents ages 12 to 19.

Katherine’s style is warm and interactive. She aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion without labeling them. Sessions focus on the client’s goals and practical next steps. Conversations tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies for managing strong emotions and building coping skills. Client-centered and interpersonal ideas guide how she follows each person’s concerns and priorities.

Katherine has helped people cope with relationship problems, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, caregiving burdens, chronic illness and pain, and challenges tied to work or career. She also supports clients dealing with addiction, sleep problems, intimacy and sexual culture questions, and blended family issues.

Sessions are aimed at clear goals such as reducing symptoms, improving communication, or handling life transitions. Katherine encourages people to bring what matters most to them and to shape the work around realistic steps. If someone wants help, she guides them toward practical strategies and clearer choices.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following what matters most to the client. Online sessions let the therapist and client work from what feels important and adapt conversations to the client's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In online work this often means setting small, practical homework tasks and checking progress between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can be practiced and reviewed in weekly online meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's goals, values, and day-to-day needs. Clients help shape the work, and approaches can shift as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Katherine's biography does not list specific formats, so ask what she offers when you schedule. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce time spent traveling, and allow brief check-ins when needed. It also supports doing skill practice and homework between meetings so changes can carry over into everyday routines.