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Katy Kong, LPC

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Katy

Katy Kong is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who offers focused, direct therapy across Texas. With 13 years of clinical experience, she combines trauma-informed care and structured interventions to help adults and couples examine the patterns that shape their emotions and relationships.

Background and approach

Katy explains therapeutic concepts plainly and helps clients connect present-day reactions to past experiences so they can begin making different choices. Many clients she sees are capable and reflective people who find themselves repeating cycles of defensiveness, withdrawal, over-functioning, or recurring conflicts.

Katy pays attention to how those patterns act as protective responses and guides clients to recognize them in real time. She also brings substantial experience supporting adults navigating ADHD when symptoms intersect with emotional regulation, communication, and self-esteem challenges.

In couples work she emphasizes identifying reactive cycles and cultivating clearer, more accountable communication. Her style is honest and structured while remaining appropriately paced to challenge without overwhelming.

Katy frames therapy as collaborative work toward meaningful change and invites people ready to move beyond surface conversation to begin that process with her.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and connections; it helps clients notice attachment needs and build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors by teaching practical strategies to manage anxiety, mood, and unhelpful coping patterns. Existential therapy invites conversations about meaning, choice, and personal responsibility to help people navigate life transitions and values-driven decisions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Katy will work with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then adapt techniques so treatment feels relevant and manageable. This joint planning helps ensure sessions address the patterns and skills most important to the client rather than applying a single method across every concern.

Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - expand flexibility for scheduling and make regular work possible even with busy routines. These options let clients maintain momentum between sessions, practice new skills in real time, and access therapy from their own environment while working with licensed professionals who tailor interventions to their situation.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she commonly address?
Katy works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, parenting concerns, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, career struggles, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her general therapeutic approach and style?
Her practice blends attachment-based and trauma-informed perspectives with structured methods like cognitive behavioral and narrative therapy to help people recognize patterns and experiment with new ways of relating.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of experience working with adults and couples across a range of relational and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location are associated with this therapist?
Katy is an LPC licensed in Texas with license number TX LPC 67999 and she provides services to clients located in Texas.
Does she offer therapy in languages other than English or to international clients?
Services are provided in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for meeting with her?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How is cost and payment handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist 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

What Katy can help with

Katy Kong works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and self esteem.

Katy works with adults and couples across Texas.

Katy works with adults navigating ADHD.

How Katy approaches therapy

Katy's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Experience and training

Katy is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas, with 13 years of clinical experience.