Evidence-based therapy can be both serious & fun.
Let’s not dread therapy.
Living with OCD, ADHD, skin picking, hair pulling, tics, and related experiences is hard. So let’s try to make therapy fun.
I teach my clients how to manage these conditions with self-compassion, respect for their unique strengths, and the right amount of playfulness to facilitate learning.
Services
Experience beyond therapy
Before I trained to be a therapist, I was a management consultant in the tech industry. While my clinical specialization is OCD and neurodivergence, lots of folks seek me out for work-related stress, career counseling, and organizational behavior work too. I’ve got a weird resume, it’s true. But we can make it benefit YOU.
Clinical Services
I work directly with adults and older teens to help them live better with OCD, neurodivergence, and related experiences. Since license is state-based in the US, I can only provide these to people located in Oregon and Washington.
Consulting & Training
I offer consulting, supervision, and training to other professionals interested in better supporting folks with OCD and neurodivergence. I also work with employers, helping them better accommodate their employees with these experiences.
Hi, I’m Katie!
I’m a mom to three kids and two dogs, just north of Portland, Oregon. Licensed in Oregon and Washington, USA, I specialize in OCD, ADHD, Autism, and related experiences.
I worked in technology management consulting before I trained as a therapist. That can be a handy fact to know if you’re confused by my LinkedIn profile. This is also why folks are sometimes referred to me for career counseling, which I also love to do.
In addition to treating my own clients, I enjoy helping other professionals learn more about the often-misunderstood conditions that I specialize in. I conduct trainings and offer consulting and supervision too.
I’m most proud of my work with clients for whom other therapies have “failed.” As a neurodivergent person myself, I can sometimes explain things in a new way that seems to resonate.
And to ensure I balance that with some good-ole self-deprecating humor, I’m pretty awful at treating “regular” anxiety and depression. Bring me the hard stuff and I usually do well. :)
Classes for everybody
Under construction
My confession to you is that for years, I’ve been VERY slowly working on creating some online courses on topics that have been helpful to my clinical, professional, and supervisee clients and the general public.
I’m very good at creating things and then shelving them. In 2024, I’m working on posting a few things here.
I’d be thrilled to send you an email when I ACTUALLY release something.
Effective therapy must be grounded in good science and customized to each client. Client and therapist must be a team in diagnosis, conceptualization, and making treatment work in the client’s real world.
Behind the scenes
Check out my blog on the building blocks of mental health.
