Dr. Katherine Lanning

FOCUS: Lifestyle & Family OT • Healthy Lifestyle Changes • Routines & Habits • Executive Functioning • Environmental & Sensory Supports • Parent Education

Dr. Katherine Lanning, OTD, OTR/L is a lifestyle-focused occupational therapist who helps children, adolescents, adults and family units improve their health through simple and sustainable everyday habits, routines, and systems that actually work.

With experience working across both adult and pediatric settings, Dr. Lanning brings a broad occupational therapy perspective to her work. Her sessions are collaborative, practical, and individualized, incorporating education, self-awareness, problem-solving, and evidence-informed strategies to help clients build sustainable change.

Dr. Lanning works with individuals across the lifespan who want to make meaningful changes to their health and well-being but find that knowing what to do isn't always enough to make it happen. She commonly works with those navigating Autism, ADHD, autism/AuDHD, anxiety, depression, chronic health conditions, emotional dysregulation, executive dysfunction, stress and burnout, sensory processing disorder, and other physical or mental health concerns that interfere with aspects of daily functioning. She also works with individuals who may not have a specific diagnosis but feel generally overwhelmed, stuck, or unable to consistently follow through with the healthy lifestyle changes they want to make.

Dr. Lanning also has a particular interest in working with whole family units. Rather than focusing solely on working directly with the child, Dr. Lanning believes that empowering parents with the knowledge and tools to understand their child's needs can create meaningful and lasting change within the home. Therefore, she provides parent-centered support to help families understand behaviors and barriers, adapt routines and environments, and develop strategies that can be carried over into everyday family life. This may include support with morning and bedtime routines, transitions, homework, chores, independence, sensory needs, emotional regulation, executive functioning, organization, mealtimes, and other everyday activities that have become difficult or stressful for the family as a whole.

Whether the goal is creating more daily structure, improving time management, improving sleep, increasing movement, developing healthier eating habits, managing stress, or simply feeling more in control of daily life routines and rhythms, Dr. Lanning helps clients identify the barriers getting in the way and develop practical strategies that fit their real life, energy, priorities, and environment.

Dr. Lanning provides virtual occupational therapy services to individuals and families throughout North Carolina, as well as in-person appointments in the Ballantyne area.

Her goal is simple: to help people make everyday life work better. Whether that means helping an adult with ADHD finally turn health goals into sustainable routines, supporting an individual with chronic health concerns in managing the demands of daily life, or helping a parent create a home environment where their child and family can thrive, Dr. Lanning works alongside her clients to create practical solutions that fit the life they actually live.