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Katy Kong

LPC

Katy Kong, LPC

Structured, direct therapy for lasting change

Licensed in Texas · Accepting new clients
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About Katy

Katy Kong is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses clear, goal-focused therapy to help adults and couples in Texas. She invites people who feel stuck to look honestly at the habits that keep them repeating the same problems. Her style is direct and structured, with room for steady progress at a manageable pace.

Katy often works with thoughtful, capable people who notice cycles like defensiveness, withdrawal, or over-functioning. She pays attention to how past experiences influence current reactions and relationships. Naming these patterns is an early step toward changing them.

Clients who struggle with attention differences often come for help with emotional regulation, communication, and self-esteem. She offers tools aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable rather than only talking about problems. With couples, she focuses on spotting reactive cycles and building clearer, more accountable communication.

Katy draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with attachment-informed and narrative approaches to help people test different ways of thinking and relating. Sessions are practical and focused on skills people can use between meetings. The work moves toward real changes in behavior, choices, and closeness.

She brings 13 years of clinical experience in Texas to each case. If someone is ready to move past surface-level conversations, Katy structures the work so it is challenging but not overwhelming. The aim is steady progress toward healthier reactions and stronger connections.

Approach-driven care online for relationships and regulation

Katy often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it focuses on what someone thinks, does, and how those things link together.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns influence current closeness and reactivity. This approach helps people understand why they respond emotionally in certain ways and learn different ways to connect. Narrative Therapy is another influence she uses to separate a person from the problem by re-authoring the stories they tell about themselves.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Katy will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and history, then try interventions that match those needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is helpful and what is not.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face work, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing, flexible communication between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Katy address?

Katy helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar care, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, ADHD, self-esteem, anger, and career transitions.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is structured, direct, and practical. She uses focused techniques to identify patterns and build new skills rather than staying at surface-level talk.

What experience does she bring?

She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults and couples, applying pattern-focused and trauma-informed methods to day-to-day problems.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds the LPC credential and practices in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor (TX LPC).

In which language are sessions provided?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions may be held by video call, by phone, via live chat, or through text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Katy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then 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

License and registration

LPC, Texas
67999
NPI (National Provider Identifier)
1043771702

As listed on the therapist's professional profile. You can check a license with the state licensing board and an NPI in the national registry.

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