01 · Who Kate works with

Kate works with self esteem, career difficulties and coping with life changes

Kate lists 12 specialisms and 7 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Kate chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Kate's own words

What Kate says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am licensed in Illinois with over 20 years of professional work experience. I have focused my work on empowering women to find their inner strength to live the life they deserve.

I am experienced in helping clients with motivation, self esteem, confidence, & coping with life changes. Too often women take care of everyone else and put themselves at the bottom of their list of priorities. Perfectionism, fear of failure, fear of judgement, low self-worth, and negative messages all contribute to this.

You want to live a satisfying and contented life, but may not know how to get there. You may not even know how to articulate what you want in life. You do not have to live with pain. You do not have to be last on the list. It's time to live the live you deserve!

I work from a wholistic and integrative perspective, taking in all aspects of your mental, emotional, physical and even spiritual needs to help you identify what you need.

We will work with your strengths to create insight and lasting change. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will help you overcome the things that challenge you. I look forward to walking beside you on your path.

Kate Evans, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Kate works

The 4 approaches Kate lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Kate lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Kate's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Kate runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Kate practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Kate's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Kate at this point.

2. Naming Kate specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Kate is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Kate.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Kate

Built from what Kate actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Kate's - Kate has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 21 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LCPC

Licensed in

Illinois

Licence

IL LCPC 180.006508

Licence number

180.006508

Licence expires

31 Mar 2027

NPI

1003074022

Years in practice

21

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Kate's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Kate. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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