Katherine "Kate" Tower, LCSW
Practical, acceptance-based care for stressed parents
Book with Katherine- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Depression
About Katherine
Katherine "Kate" Tower is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She writes and talks plainly about struggles so parents can quickly know what to expect. Kate focuses on practical steps and steady support rather than jargon.
Her work centers on building self-understanding and resilience. She uses acceptance-based and mindfulness approaches to help clients notice hard thoughts and choose values-based actions.
Background and approach
She also draws on client-centered and dialectical behavior strategies to teach emotional skills and improve day-to-day coping. Kate has helped people navigate life transitions, grief, sleep problems, attention concerns, addictions, and career strain. She also supports those dealing with trauma, attachment issues, and the long-term stress of caregiving or chronic illness.
Her experience spans many emotional and practical challenges that parents commonly face. In sessions she listens first, then offers clear strategies tailored to each person's situation. That might include mindfulness exercises, skills for managing intense emotions, or communication tools to reduce conflict.
She frames change as small, concrete steps rather than sudden transformations. Kate practices in Tennessee and holds LCSW licensure in Indiana and Tennessee. She provides help in English and offers a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
What Katherine works with
Everything Katherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Katherine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Katherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions aligned with their values. Online sessions can include simple exercises to identify values and small steps toward them, which is useful for parenting goals, stress, and life transitions.Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and gentle attention to thoughts and sensations. In remote sessions this often looks like guided breathing, short body awareness practices, and brief homework to build calm and better sleep.
Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, day-to-day realities, and what feels most doable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust strategies over time based on what helps most.
Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill teaching and role-play. Phone sessions are helpful when a quieter setup or reduced bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, quick questions, and step-by-step support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules while continuing steady progress.
Questions people ask about Katherine
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting issues, sleep problems, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and communication struggles, career strain, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
She blends acceptance and mindfulness approaches with client-centered listening and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and practical coping.
How much experience does she have?
Kate has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee with additional LCSW licensure in Indiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing care.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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