Katherine "Katie" Saraga

Katherine "Katie" Saraga is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois. She brings four years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. Katie aims for a relaxed, down-to-earth style that helps clients feel heard and understood quickly.

She uses simple, direct conversation to identify strengths clients already have. Katie helps people build practical skills to manage emotions, improve sleep, and handle relationship or work stress. She encourages honesty and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Katie draws on a mix of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness practices to shape sessions. This combination is used to help people notice difficult thoughts, test small behavior changes, and build routines that support daily life.

Her background includes working with concerns such as ADHD, grief, depression, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and chronic health conditions. Katie also focuses on communication challenges and issues connected to disability and sensory differences.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Clients can expect a supportive presence, straightforward feedback, and practical exercises to try between meetings. Katie invites questions and will share how the online process works after initial contact.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help when anger, anxiety, or life changes make daily life feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses small experiments to test new ways of responding. CBT can be useful for sleep problems, anxiety, low mood, and habits that keep problems going.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions include checking how techniques felt and adjusting the plan together over time.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. It also lets people use practices like mindfulness or behavioral experiments in the settings where they live and work, so skills translate into everyday life.