Katia Ortiz, MA, LPC, Therapist in Plainfield, Illinois

Katia Ortiz, LPC, helps individuals and families across Illinois build resilience, find emotional balance, and navigate life’s most challenging moments with clarity and confidence. As a Licensed Professional Counselor at LifeStance Health, she provides individual therapy and couples counseling for children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors. Katia is known for her warm, collaborative approach, supporting clients facing anxiety, depression, and trauma, while helping them develop practical tools for lasting change. Katia’s clinical focus includes anxiety, depression, and couple’s issues, and she integrates evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness techniques. She also offers support to individuals navigating midlife transitions, grief, and other complex emotional experiences, with additional areas of expertise available to meet diverse client needs. As a bilingual, bicultural therapist, she provides culturally responsive care and offers services in Spanish. A core passion in Katia’s work is supporting individuals who have been recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital. She understands the unique challenges of transitioning back into daily life and provides compassionate, structured support to promote stability, reduce relapse risk, and rebuild confidence during recovery. Her approach emphasizes continuity of care, emotional regulation, and strengthening support systems during this critical time. Katia has experience working with diverse populations, including individuals involved in adoption and foster care as well as first responders, tailoring her approach to meet each client’s unique background and needs. She is dedicated to creating a safe, respectful space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to grow. Outside of her clinical work, Katia enjoys staying active through gym workouts and outdoor walks, traveling with her family, cooking, and reading. She brings this balanced, wellness-oriented perspective into her work with clients.