Welcome to ScienceWorks Behavioral Healthcare!

Hi there! I’m Kathryn Wood, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC-MHSP) in Tennessee and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California. I offer fully online therapy for teens and adults, and I bring more than 14 years of clinical experience to this work. My approach is warm, active, and personalized: we work together to understand what is keeping you stuck, build a plan that fits your life, and use practical, evidence-based tools to help you move toward more calm, confidence, and connectedness.

 

I know therapy can feel vulnerable, confusing, or disappointing when it has not felt like the right fit before. My goal is to create a space that feels supportive, nonjudgmental, and useful. I do not believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Instead, I tailor treatment to your needs using approaches such as ERP, ACT, DBT, EMDR, IFS, Habit Reversal Training, CBT-I, and expressive or creative methods when helpful.

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OCD

OCD can take over your attention, time, and energy. Intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, reassurance-seeking, avoidance, and endless mental loops can leave you feeling exhausted and trapped. I work with OCD and related struggles including panic, phobias, hoarding, skin-picking, and hair-pulling, and I use evidence-based approaches designed to reduce OCD’s grip in a practical, structured way.

 

In OCD therapy, I often draw from Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Habit Reversal Training (HRT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Our work is collaborative and tailored to you: we focus on helping you face fear more effectively, reduce compulsions, and build more flexibility, self-trust, and peace of mind.

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Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety and depression can affect your whole system. You may feel stuck in cycles of overthinking, panic, dread, low energy, self-criticism, disrupted sleep, or a loss of joy and motivation. I support clients with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic, and depression, with the goal of helping you feel more grounded, capable, and steady in everyday life.

 

My work in this area often includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and exposure-based work when needed. Together, we focus on building emotional regulation, distress tolerance, flexibility, and real-life coping skills so that anxiety or depression no longer runs the show.

 

ADHD & Autism

I also work with clients navigating ADHD and autism-related concerns, especially when they overlap with anxiety, OCD, sleep problems, overwhelm, self-esteem struggles, or burnout. When standard advice has not helped, therapy can become a place to better understand your patterns, reduce shame, and build strategies that are more realistic and supportive for how you actually function.

 

My approach stays individualized and practical. We can work on structure, emotional regulation, self-understanding, and day-to-day strategies while making space for the larger emotional impact of feeling different, overloaded, or misunderstood.

 

Trauma

Trauma can show up as hypervigilance, nightmares, panic, avoidance, intrusive memories, emotional shutdown, or feeling like your body never fully relaxes. I work with trauma and PTSD related to childhood abuse, sexual assault, medical trauma, grief and loss, accidents, military experiences, and other overwhelming events.

 

In trauma therapy, I use approaches such as EMDR, DBT, IFS, and trauma-focused work to help you process what happened, reduce the intensity of triggers, and build a stronger sense of safety and freedom in your life. The goal is not just symptom reduction, but helping you feel more connected, more present, and less limited by the past.

 

Insomnia

Sleep problems can make everything feel harder. When you are not sleeping well, anxiety often gets louder, mood gets heavier, and it becomes difficult to think clearly or cope with stress. I work with insomnia and sleep-related difficulties as part of the broader picture, especially when they show up alongside anxiety, OCD, trauma, or depression.

 

I have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), and therapy can help you address the thoughts, habits, arousal patterns, and emotional factors that keep sleep disrupted. We focus on practical changes that support better rest and more stability overall.

 

Women’s Health

I also support women dealing with issues such as anxiety, trauma, depression, insomnia, self-esteem struggles, and other concerns that can affect daily functioning and overall well-being. My approach is compassionate, individualized, and grounded in helping you understand the full context of what you are carrying so therapy feels relevant to your real life.

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Across all of this work, I aim to offer therapy that is affirming, inclusive, and customized to your needs. I serve teens and adults in a fully virtual format and strive to create a space where you feel safe, respected, and supported as you heal.