individual & relationship therapy

Individual therapy is one-on-one therapy with the client and their therapist, and each therapist will approach individual therapy differently, based on their training, supervisors, education and just who they are.

Kat uses insight-oriented, skills-based and trauma recovery approaches and partners with each client to find what works for them. Individual therapy may be long-term or short-term depending on the issues that a client would like to work on and what the client prefers.

In family and relationship therapy, Kat focuses on patterns of relating that may be keeping a couple, throuple, polycule or a family stuck in ways that are not working. As a relational and systems-oriented therapist, Kat helps create awareness, observation and language around these patterns and offers tools and strategies for developing healthier communication and ways of being together more effectively moving forward. Kat also utilizes multi-family Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with couples, relationships and families when desired and indicated. Relationship therapy with Kat may be longer-term or may be helpful for those who wish to work on a specific short-term issue or relationship “tune-up.”

Some folks may seek out relationship therapy when nothing is “wrong” but who may be aware of patterns that didn’t work in their families of origin or past relationships that they would like to get ahead of and not repeat, and this is valid and can be really growth-promoting for relationships.

Each therapist is different in how they approach treatment, and not all therapists will fit with all clients, couples, relationships or families.

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some of kat’s clinical approaches in individual & relationship therapy:

  • Integrative Psychotherapy

  • Client-Centered & Trauma-Informed Care

  • DBT Adapted for Marginalized Populations

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for CPTSD

  • Internal Family Systems

  • Family Systems

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Psychodynamic & Relational

  • Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)

  • Harm Reduction

  • LGBTQIA & Neurodivergent Affirming

  • Systems Frameworks Including:

  • Social Justice, Cultic Studies/Systems of Control, Ecological Models, Group Relations/Tavistock, Sociology

  • See Kat’s bio to learn more about her specializations & training areas