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- Addictions support
- Self esteem work
- Life transition help
About Katie
LCSW, LISW social worker licensed in Virginia and South Carolina with 10 years of clinical experience. Katie Bergin works with adults facing addictions, low self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. She helps people manage anxiety, social phobia, guilt and shame, isolation, and problems with communication and purpose.
Katie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions practical. Conversations are straightforward. She asks questions to clarify patterns and helps clients develop skills they can use between visits. Sessions focus on real-life steps rather than abstract theory.
Her background includes behavioral health, crisis intervention, inpatient mental health, emergency services, and clinical leadership. That experience informs how she approaches urgent concerns and slower, ongoing work. She aims to balance support with gentle challenge so clients notice progress.
Katie describes her style as conversational and collaborative. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and offers guidance to work toward stated goals. Topics often include setting boundaries, improving communication, and coping strategies for stress and burnout.
People who choose her typically want clear, usable tools and a focused plan for change. Katie asks about daily routines and stresses, then helps prioritize small, doable steps. Clients leave sessions with specific techniques to try during the week.
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Evidence-based approaches and how they work online
Katie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and behavior change. One commonly used approach helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more realistic, useful thinking. That method is practical for anxiety, social phobia, and self-criticism because it teaches ways to test and change automatic reactions.Another approach emphasizes building and practicing coping strategies. This includes developing routines, boundary-setting, and short behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance. It is useful for addictions, burnout, and people facing major life transitions because it focuses on small, repeatable actions that change daily patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will review your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest techniques to try. You and the therapist then adjust the plan based on what is helpful and what is not, keeping the process collaborative.
Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Those practical benefits can help keep momentum while you try new skills and practice them between sessions.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Katie commonly address?
She works with adults on addictions, self-esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and collaborative. She uses evidence-based techniques and emphasizes practical skills and behavior changes you can try between sessions.
How long has she practiced?
She has ten years of experience working in behavioral health, crisis intervention, inpatient mental health, emergency services, and clinical leadership.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LCSW and LISW credentials, listed as VA LCSW and SC LISW. Her practice is based in Ohio.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are used?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.