Katie Wooldridge

Katie Wooldridge is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with five years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and life changes. Katie also supports concerns such as self-esteem, career questions, body image, and life purpose.

Katie uses a client-centered approach that focuses on the person's own goals and values. She asks questions, listens closely, and helps people notice strengths they can build on. Motivational Interviewing is part of her practice to help people move through ambivalence and find momentum for change.

She also uses solution-focused ideas to identify small, practical steps that lead to clearer choices. Sessions tend to concentrate on real-world strategies people can try between meetings. Katie works with communication problems, divorce and separation, social anxiety, and LGBT concerns in this practical way.

Her style centers on collaboration. She helps people clarify what matters, then tests short experiments to see what helps. That can mean changing daily routines, practicing new ways to speak up, or reframing unhelpful thoughts.

Katie asks people to consider their values and what they want next. She supports clients as they plan and take steps toward those goals. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s matching process and schedule an initial session.

How Katie’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and values. Online sessions using this approach start with listening and clarifying what matters to you. The therapist follows your lead and helps you shape aims that feel relevant to daily life.

Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel unsure or stuck about making changes. In an online session this means gentle, goal-focused conversations that explore ambivalence and build readiness for practical steps. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, testable changes. Sessions aim to identify the next helpful action and track what changes between meetings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Katie will collaborate with you to decide which methods fit your goals and preferences. She checks in and adjusts strategies based on what helps in practice.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits can help you keep therapy consistent while trying new ways of coping and planning next steps.