Katrina Dolle

Katrina Dolle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Illinois. She has been a therapist for 25 years and draws on long experience across hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential treatment, and court and jail settings. Katrina focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and addictive behaviors. She uses clear, practical methods to match each person's needs and goals. Katrina favors evidence-based tools and explains options in plain language. She places importance on the connection between therapist and client and on creating a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult issues. Katrina helps people increase self-awareness so they can move through stuck points. She listens for what matters most and offers perspectives that can open new choices. Many people come to her for help with stress, mood disorders, panic, and social anxiety. Her background includes long clinical work with trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, communication problems, intimacy concerns, and eating issues. She also supports those facing life changes, career questions, and struggles with self-esteem and forgiveness. Katrina earned a Master of Social Work at Aurora University in 2000 and holds an Illinois LCSW. She welcomes thoughtful conversation about goals and next steps and would treat it as a privilege to walk alongside someone during hard times.

How CBT and practical therapy work online

Katrina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try different behaviors, and build small skills to reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood. It is often used for stress, panic attacks, depression, and social anxiety.

Her approach emphasizes clear steps and shared planning. She works with clients to choose techniques that fit their life and goals. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process, and she will adjust methods as needs and preferences emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. The main practical benefit is fitting sessions into a busy schedule - it can be easier to make time for weekly work on painful issues, to check in during a work break, or to skip travel time. Online work can also allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful, or let someone focus on talk and on worksheets between meetings. Katrina will discuss the best way to structure sessions to match your goals and everyday life.