Katherine (Katie) Strub

Practical, client-focused trauma and anxiety care

LMHC Iowa

Experience: 15 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Katherine

Katherine (Katie) Strub offers support for people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, grief, addictions, and a wide range of emotional and life transitions. She brings 15 years of clinical experience as an LMHC licensed in Iowa and works with individuals who seek practical tools and compassionate guidance.

Background and approach

Katie emphasizes growth and resilience while acknowledging the real obstacles that get in the way of change. Her style blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening and trauma-focused techniques such as EMDR.

She favors an individualized approach rather than a single method for everyone, drawing on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies when they fit a client’s goals. Katie describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client directs the path and the clinician offers steady support and honest feedback.

Clients often find her straightforward manner and focus on realistic progress helpful when coping with issues like depression, ADHD-related challenges, intimacy concerns, caregiver stress, attachment wounds, and bereavement. Katie practices from Iowa and conducts sessions using several online and remote formats to increase access for people balancing busy lives.

Evidence-Informed Approaches Delivered Online

Katie often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily coping challenges. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to address distressing memories and trauma symptoms, offering structured protocols that can reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions.

Finding the right blend of methods is part of the therapeutic journey. Katie approaches that decision collaboratively, listening to each person’s history, goals, and preferences and then proposing techniques to try together rather than assuming a single path will work for everyone.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. These formats allow work on skills, processing of difficult events, and ongoing check-ins from wherever a client is located in Iowa, making it easier to maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

Katie works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.

What therapeutic approaches does she use in sessions?

Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), client-centered techniques, EMDR, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies tailored to each person’s needs.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience working clinically with individuals and families and has developed familiarity with many trauma-related and mood concerns over that time.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

Katherine (Katie) Strub is an LMHC licensed in Iowa with licence number IA LMHC 001141 and provides services from Iowa.

Does she offer sessions in languages other than English or to international clients?

Sessions are conducted in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

Which session formats are available with this therapist?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are required to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Depression

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Iowa

Languages

English