Katherine Henderson

Katherine Henderson is a New York-based therapist who brings 31 years of professional experience to her work. She holds master’s degrees from Albany State University of New York State and a master’s degree in counseling from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, and she is licensed in New York as a clinical social worker and as a mental health counselor.

She has worked in both agency settings and private practice for many years and has spent decades providing individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults as well as couples counseling and family therapy in private practice. Katherine is married and the mother of two adult children.

Her counseling style is warm and inviting, focused on respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She avoids stigmatizing labels and tailors conversation and treatment plans to meet each person’s unique needs. Katherine often combines cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, and psychodynamic approaches and draws on a range of techniques such as dialogue and interpretation, cognitive reframing, awareness and self-monitoring exercises, relaxation methods, mindfulness practices, and journal writing.

She has extensive experience using cognitive behavioral strategies for anxiety and depression and works with clients on adjustment, transitions, relationship concerns, anger management, trauma and abuse, grief, family conflicts, and coping with life changes. Katherine also utilizes therapies from a broad clinical toolkit, including client-centered therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), emotionally-focused therapy (EFT), motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, solution-focused work, trauma-focused therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).

Katherine recognizes that approaching painful feelings or long-avoided thoughts can feel difficult and frightening, and her goal is to provide a supportive, non-judgmental space for exploration. She sees the first step in therapy as acknowledging a concern and seeking professional guidance, and she aims to support and empower clients throughout the process. It is her pleasure and honor to work with individuals, couples, and families during important times of change and healing.