Katie works with individuals and families who have encountered crises and trauma, as well as those struggling with depression, anxiety, and various other behavioral and mental health challenges. Katie uses an empathetic, strengths-based approach with clients, incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), and mindfulness to support them in building effective strategies for managing distress.

Katie cultivates healing through exploration of her client’s past, skill building, and the use of practical strategies. Core to her approach is working with people to identify their inner critics and to recognize the limiting beliefs that shape the lens through which they see themselves and the world around them. Katie provides a safe space for her clients to gain insight, build deeper and more authentic connections, and develop skills for reducing distress so they can live a more fulfilling and satisfying life.

Katie is also certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, an evidence-based trauma modality that combines bilateral stimulation, Gestalt, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Guided Imagery to erase and replace the negative images in the mind that cause symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress.

In Katie’s previous professional life, she was a documentary film and television producer. She has worked on commercials, music videos, indie films, and just about every type of reality series you can imagine–including Intervention (A&E), Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC), and Iron Chef America (Food Network) – to name a few. She was also the Supervising Producer of the award-winning feature documentary, Little Man (Showtime), about a family who struggles to hold their family together when their son, Nicholas, is born weighing less than one pound.

Katie graduated with a Communications degree from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Louisiana State University. Written is Katie’s first novel.