Katherine "Katie" Royer

Compassionate CBT-informed care for practical change

LPCC New Mexico

Experience: 16 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages: English

About Katherine

Katherine "Katie" Royer brings a cognitive behavioral perspective to her New Mexico practice, blending practical skills with empathic support to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Background and approach

As an LPCC with 16 years of experience, she emphasizes collaborative work that targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while strengthening coping strategies for challenges such as grief, low self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and sleep difficulties. Her approach creates space for exploring emotions tied to relationship issues, LGBT concerns, parenting strains, anger, jealousy, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.

Katie prioritizes a nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can talk through painful experiences and experiment with new responses. She frames therapy as a partnership, offering tools grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-informed and mindfulness-based practices to support sustained change.

Clients can expect a blend of practical interventions and reflective exploration tailored to their goals. Katie aims to empower people through skills-building and emotional processing so they can navigate life transitions, manage symptoms more effectively, and pursue greater day-to-day well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Katie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is practical for managing anxiety, depression, obsessions, compulsions, and sleep disruption. She also integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, which explores how early relational patterns shape present-day connections and emotional responses, useful for addressing relationship distress and attachment-related concerns.

Selecting the right approach is a collaborative process. Katie works with each person to determine which methods fit their goals and preferences, combining skill-building, emotional processing, and mindfulness where appropriate to create a personalized plan that evolves over time.

Online therapy with her is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it straightforward to continue therapeutic work during life transitions or when in-person visits are impractical, while allowing therapists to tailor interventions across formats to best support progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Katie commonly work with?

She addresses a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, sleeping problems, parenting challenges, anger, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.

What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with attachment-based, client-centered, emotionally-focused, and mindfulness approaches to combine skills practice with emotional exploration.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Katie has 16 years of professional experience working with people across a range of mental health and life concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - LPCC, licensed in New Mexico under NM LPCC CCMH0149461.

Does she offer services in languages other than English?

Sessions are provided in English; she does not list additional languages for therapy.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time and works with clients within her licensed region.

What session formats are available?

Clients may meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and scheduling.

How are fees and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; prospective clients begin by selecting Start Therapy and completing a short matching questionnaire.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

JealousyObsessions, compulsions, and OCD

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

New Mexico

Languages

English