Welcome!
Hi, my name is Katie, and I use she/her pronouns. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Washington State with over a decade of trauma-informed experience.
I am passionate about working with individuals struggling with difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences impacting your ability to live your best life. By creating an accepting space, I work to support you to tune in to your inner wisdom, identifying and changing unhelpful patterns and beliefs.
I acknowledge the traumatic experience that systems of oppression have on individuals and groups and bring an anti-oppressive and intersectionally feminist approach to therapy. As a white, cisgender woman, I approach my lifelong exploration of power, privilege, and oppression with beginner’s mind. I welcome discussions that acknowledge and challenge oppression and its harmful impact on individuals, families, communities, and the therapeutic relationship itself.
Outside of my therapy practice, I teach clinical social work courses at the University of Washington, both in Tacoma and Seattle. I enjoy trail running, practicing yin yoga, baking, and reading books—both fiction and therapy-related.
If you’re curious to learn more about therapy with me, please contact me!
Education
Master of Social Work, University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Minor in Gender Studies, Whitman College
Professional Affiliations
Perinatal Support Washington
Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work, Past Professional Development Chair