Katy specializes in working with long-term couples that have been struggling with conflict and disconnection who may feel unsure how to solve their challenges or rekindle their loving dynamic. Katy helps couples improve communication skills, identity and express underlying vulnerable emotions, and ultimately deepen their intimacy and romantic connection. She also specializes in working with individuals processing grief, [social] anxiety,  trauma, and life transitions, including the transition into adulthood, as well as identity exploration and increasing deeper self-awareness. Katy also specializes in working with folks with religious trauma backgrounds, who desire to witness the pain and patterns of the past, and then may desire to reclaim and reimagine their connection and relationship with spirituality. She also has experience working with individuals struggling with dysfunctional family systems/relationships, grief and loss, complex trauma & PTSD, and sexuality/gender identity exploration.

Katy’s approach to therapy includes creating safety, exploring patterns in relationships, and promoting self-determination. She utilizes authenticity, curiosity, and honesty to forge a therapeutic alliance. She believes that healing occurs in the context of relationships–whether that be the client’s interpersonal relationships (including the relationship between therapist and client), the client’s relationship with the collective and the collective unconscious, and/or the client’s relationship with self. Katy also has clinical strengths with mindfulness, meditation, dream analysis, and guided imagery practices, as well as archetypal explorations utilizing tools such as astrology and tarot. Katy is also committed to implementing and embodying frameworks that are anti-racist and anti-colonialistic, while centering body inclusivity (HAES), sex positivity, and trauma-informed care. Katy is kink and poly-affirming.

Katy received her BA in Psychology from Macalester College, with a Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor, as well as a Community & Global Health Concentration. She received her MSW from the University of Chicago, where she studied clinical social work, with an emphasis in treating trauma. She also completed the Fellowship Program through the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.