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Katherine (Katie) Ssejjemba, LCSW

  • Experience7 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Katherine

Katherine (Katie) Ssejjemba is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of professional experience who brings a collaborative, strength-focused approach to mental health support.

Background and approach

She earned her degree from East Tennessee State University and maintains licensure in both New Mexico and Texas - NM LCSW C-12053 and TX LCSW 68727. Katie draws on a blend of evidence-based methods, including Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work, client-centered principles, and cognitive behavioral techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Her style centers on honoring each client as the expert of their own life while helping them build practical tools for managing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and life transitions. Katie also provides support around relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, caregiver stress, communication struggles, and questions about purpose and self-love.

She values the courage it takes to begin therapy and aims to create a respectful, goal-oriented space where clients can explore change at a pace that fits them.

Integrating IFS, ACT, and Attachment Work in Online Care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores the different parts that make up someone’s inner landscape, helping people notice and compassionately relate to conflicted feelings and self-protective responses. This approach can be useful for working with trauma reactions, self-criticism, and recurring patterns that feel stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values-guided action and present-moment openness, offering tools to reduce the influence of unhelpful thoughts and increase meaningful engagement in life. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns shape emotional needs and connection styles, which is helpful for relationship concerns, intimacy issues, and caregiver stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Katie treats approach selection as a collaborative process, listening to each person’s goals and preferences and adapting methods over time so therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single model onto every situation.

Online therapy with Katie is offered through multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to support flexibility. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, caregiving, or other commitments, and allow therapists to use ACT exercises, internal parts exploration, and attachment-focused conversations in ways that suit the client’s rhythm and comfort.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Katie works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, coping with life changes, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, and coaching for life goals. She also focuses on attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
What is the therapeutic style and approach used?
The practice blends Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based strategies, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to create a collaborative and practical therapy process.
How much experience does the therapist have?
Katie has seven years of professional experience working in clinical settings and supporting people through a range of emotional and relational challenges.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She is based in Texas and holds licensure as an LCSW in New Mexico and Texas: NM LCSW C-12053 and TX LCSW 68727.
Which languages are sessions offered in and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and the practice is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different scheduling and communication preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with this clinician?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCoaching

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

Texas, New Mexico

Languages

English