Katharine Laidley

Katharine Laidley is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maryland. She brings ten years of experience working with people facing trauma, life transitions, and addictive behaviors. Katharine aims to respond with respect, sensitivity, and clear support when someone reaches out for help.

She shapes conversations and treatment plans around each person's needs. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. The goal is to help clients find more stable coping, clearer choices, and greater day-to-day relief.

Her work often addresses anxiety, stress, grief, and issues around self-esteem. Katharine also supports people managing attention differences, body image concerns, and complex responses to trauma. She helps clients who are dealing with co-occurring problems, such as addiction combined with mood or stress-related symptoms.

Clients can expect a straightforward, collaborative style. Katharine listens for strengths, then helps set reachable goals. She encourages skills practice and gentle tracking of progress so changes build over time.

She has particular experience with challenges tied to aging, blended family dynamics, attachment concerns, and first responder stress. Katharine also works with people coping with cancer, dissociation, infidelity, and feelings of isolation. Her approach is adaptable, aiming to match techniques to each person's situation.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Two common evidence-based approaches are trauma-focused work and skills-based coping strategies. Trauma-focused work helps people process upsetting events and reduce intrusive memories by working through the story of what happened and its effects. Skills-based coping teaches concrete tools for managing anxiety, stress, and impulsivity, such as grounding exercises, breathing practices, and brief action plans.

Another useful approach centers on building self-esteem and healthier self-relating. This involves identifying unhelpful self-talk, trying new behaviors, and celebrating small gains to shift how someone sees themselves over time. These methods can be adapted to address body image concerns and patterns like codependency or avoidance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, history, and preferences. That choice may shift as therapy progresses and new needs emerge.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when those are helpful. It also allows continuation of care during life changes, while the therapist and client work together to arrange a practical schedule that supports progress.