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Katherine Malcolm

Katherine Malcolm, LMHC

Florida

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LMHC in Florida - Life purpose and transitions

  • Attachment-based work
  • Cognitive behavioral tools
  • Mindfulness practices

About Katherine

Katherine Malcolm is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of clinical experience. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Her work also addresses relationship and family concerns, parenting strains, career questions, and compassion fatigue.

She often supports clients processing trauma, panic, and body image issues. She notes experience with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, and the emotional impact of medical issues like cancer. Her practice includes work around anger, sleep problems, bipolar concerns, and coping after separation or domestic violence.

Katherine uses methods rooted in attachment-based ideas, client-centered talking, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused strategies, and mindfulness exercises. In sessions she combines practical skills, reflective conversation, and breathing or attention practices. Sessions are meant to identify patterns, try small experiments, and build everyday coping routines.

Clients who ask about identity, parenting challenges, postpartum adjustment, or midlife questions will find a focus on practical next steps. She aims to break concerns into manageable pieces and set short-term goals people can test between meetings. That can include communication practice, thought records, or grounding exercises.

People considering therapy are invited to think about what matters most right now. Katherine asks about current stressors, prior supports, and simple goals in the first meetings. She uses that information to shape follow-up sessions and to decide which approaches to emphasize.

How her approaches guide online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It looks at how people seek connection and respond to loss or rejection, and can help with relationship struggles and attachment concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients clarify their own goals and values, which can be useful when people feel stuck or uncertain about direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing strong emotions.

Katherine treats choice of approach as a collaborative decision. She will ask about current goals, prior experiences with therapy, and what feels most helpful in session. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust the plan as needed.

Confirm session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commute time. They also let people try mindfulness or grounding practices during the appointment and bring real-life situations into conversation. Ask about the specific session options offered when you complete the matching questionnaire.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Relationship and parenting challenges are also listed among her areas of focus.

How would she describe her therapy style?

Her style blends client-centered conversation with practical skills from cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness. Sessions mix reflection, skill practice, and small experiments to try between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 11 years of experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and life challenges. That includes work related to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and blended family dynamics.

What credentials and region does she practice in?

She holds the LMHC credential and practices in Florida under the designation FL LMHC. Her listed location is Florida.

Does she work in other languages or with international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. The site matching step will clarify how sessions are delivered.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the enrollment process.

What do I need to do to begin?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process connects you to the intake steps and initial scheduling.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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