Katy Schoen

Katy Schoen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia. She brings four years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship struggles, and trauma. Katy’s style is relaxed and compassionate, and she uses humor when appropriate to help people feel at ease.

She works with adults who want practical tools and clear steps to reach their goals. Katy emphasizes each person’s strengths and encourages clients to draw on those strengths when facing hard choices. She does not provide Christian-based counseling, work with couples, or see anyone under 18.

Katy earned degrees in psychology and clinical rehabilitation and mental health counseling. Her background includes supporting people affected by trauma and challenges faced by Veterans and the armed forces. She also provides a welcoming space for members of the Jewish community who are navigating cultural stress and rising antisemitism.

In sessions she focuses on concrete skills - for example managing triggers, building better communication, and handling intense emotions like anger. She helps clients practice new ways of responding and notices small changes that add up over time. Her goal is to help people make decisions that fit their life right now.

Katy uses approaches such as acceptance and commitment work, attachment-informed methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused ideas, and client-centered listening. She helps each person find which mix of methods fits their needs and preferences.

How her approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and when anger or avoidance get in the way of daily life.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections affect current relationships and emotion patterns. It can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment fears, or repeating relationship cycles.

Katy will collaborate with each person to decide which approach or combination fits best. She treats finding the right method as part of the process and adjusts plans based on a client’s goals, preferences, and life circumstances.

If you are thinking about online sessions, confirm the specific formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when days are tight, and remove travel time so sessions are more convenient. Licensed professionals can still use skill-building exercises, guided reflection, and behavior-change plans in remote sessions to support progress.