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Katy Kong

Renew patterns, strengthen relationships

LPC Texas

Experience
13 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Katy

Katy Kong is an LPC offering focused, direct therapy for adults and couples across Texas. She uses structured, trauma-informed work to help clients recognize the repetitive patterns that shape emotions and relationships.

Background and approach

Her approach emphasizes clear observation of reactive habits so clients can understand what those patterns are protecting and begin to shift them. Clinically, Katy brings 13 years of experience addressing concerns such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and relationship conflict.

She helps people move beyond surface-level conversations by identifying cycles like defensiveness, withdrawal, and over-functioning, and by fostering clearer, more accountable communication in partnerships. Katy also supports clients dealing with parenting stress, career strain, compassion fatigue, and a range of attachment and identity-related challenges.

Sessions are practical and candid, paced to be challenging without overwhelming. Katy blends cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-informed perspectives and narrative and existential ideas to tailor work to each person’s needs.

She works by helping clients see patterns in real time, build new responses, and develop more coherent ways of relating to themselves and others.

Combining Evidence-Based Methods with Online Flexibility

Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helpful for identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; CBT focuses on practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change reactive patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences influence current ways of relating and helps people build more supported, connected interactions. Narrative Therapy invites clients to reframe and re-author their life stories, separating problems from identity and creating new possibilities for meaning and action.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Katy works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time so the work stays relevant and effective. Clients and therapist decide together which methods to emphasize as progress unfolds.

Online sessions make this collaborative work more accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats provide scheduling flexibility, allow therapy to continue across busy routines, and support steady momentum between meetings. Licensed professionals can use these options to maintain consistent contact while tailoring pace and tools to each client’s life.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Katy commonly address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is structured and direct, trauma-informed, and blends cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment and narrative elements to help clients notice and change repeating patterns.
What background and experience does she bring?
Katy has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults and couples on communication cycles, emotional regulation, and relational patterns.
Where is Katy licensed and practicing?
She practices in Texas and holds the LPC credential with license number TX LPC 67999.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
Katy offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are therapy costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate via a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English