Katie Drobney, LPC, LMHC

Katie Drobney is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Colorado with 16 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, and major life changes. Katie emphasizes each person's strengths and works alongside them as they make changes. She offers supportive, practical guidance and encourages small steps that add up over time.

Her approach is collaborative and flexible. She often uses creative tools such as art, music, and journaling when clients want those options. Katie also draws on transpersonal counseling ideas, which invite a client’s spiritual beliefs into the work when that feels helpful.

Katie integrates evidence-informed methods for trauma and emotion regulation. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach coping and distress tolerance. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps process traumatic memories when appropriate. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work with post-traumatic stress and related symptoms.

She has also supported people dealing with caregiver stress, blended family issues, dissociation, impulsivity, intellectual disability, panic attacks, self-harm, social anxiety, traumatic brain injury, and young adult concerns. Katie centers practical strategies alongside processing difficult experiences so clients can manage daily life more easily.

If you are seeking support as a carer or caregiver, this profile appears in a Supporting carers directory to help you find someone familiar with caregiver-related stress. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and can begin by using the site’s Start Therapy process.

How Katie’s approaches translate to online work

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and handling stress. Sessions teach breathing, grounding, and problem-solving tools that can be practiced between appointments.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, helps people process distressing memories so they cause less disruption day to day. It involves guided attention and structured sets of processing to reduce the hold of traumatic images and feelings.

Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and reducing the effects of past trauma. This approach combines safety planning, emotion regulation, and gradual processing so people can function better in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which method or combination fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Many clients find online sessions help fit therapy into busy schedules, make it easier to keep consistent appointments, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about how sessions can be scheduled to match day-to-day life and caregiving responsibilities.