- 20 years experience
- Client-centered approach
- Focus on codependency
About Mary
Mary Catherine "Katie" Miller is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who brings 20 years of experience to her work. She uses a kind, nonjudgmental style to help people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about next steps. Katie speaks plainly and listens closely so people can name what matters most and begin to change what isn’t working.
Katie’s background includes counseling, training, teaching, and coaching in the Western New York region. She has sat with people facing trauma, grief, major life changes, long-term mental health concerns, and struggles like anxiety and depression. She also helps clients navigate relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, caregiving strain, and concerns such as codependency and self-esteem.
In sessions she blends several straightforward methods. Client-centered work keeps the conversation focused on the person’s goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Mindfulness and narrative techniques support learning how to live differently with difficult feelings and stories from the past.
Katie aims to make therapy practical and readable. Sessions tend to focus on clear next steps, coping tools, and small experiments clients can try between meetings. She invites people to bring what’s real and messy and to move at a pace that feels manageable.
Her practice approach is collaborative and respectful. People who want a steady, empathic clinician to help untangle emotions and plan changes may find her style straightforward and supportive.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work puts the person’s needs first and creates space to name goals and priorities. This approach is useful for people who want a therapist who listens closely and follows what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers concrete exercises and practice tasks that help reduce anxiety and depression and change patterns that keep someone stuck.
Mindfulness therapy helps people notice difficult feelings without being swept away by them. It can be useful for stress, trauma-related symptoms, and managing strong emotions in day-to-day life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, or allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can use practical tools from CBT, mindfulness exercises, and client-centered conversation to support change even when meeting remotely.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can Katie help with?
She works with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting stress, caregiving strain, ADHD, and codependency concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is empathic and nonjudgmental, focused on the person’s goals. She blends client-centered listening with practical tools and clear next steps.
What is her professional background?
Katie has 20 years of experience providing counseling, training, teaching, and coaching in the Western New York region.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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