About me
Curious about humans. Here for the messy, meaningful, beautiful stuff.
Helping People Live
& Lead More Fully
My work integrates emotional health, nervous system awareness, depth-oriented psychology, and practical tools for change to help people navigate anxiety, burnout, relationships, and growth. I’m especially passionate about helping people live and lead more fully—creating healthier ways of relating to themselves, others, and the work they do in the world.
My story
I’m Kate.
I’m a therapist, coach, and lifelong student of what it means to be human.
I knew at 16 that my life’s work would involve becoming a therapist. It was a strange kind of knowing—I had never been to therapy, and no one I knew had either. In fact, at that age, I was pretty terrified of my own feelings. But the calling was clear.
That inner knowing led me into more than two decades of work in the mental health field, serving in a variety of counseling roles across the country. Along the way, I earned two Master’s degrees in Counseling—one in Clinical Mental Health and one in Transpersonal Psychology. I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of science, psychology, and the deeper questions of what makes us human.
My work has taught me how to sit with people in some of their most painful and vulnerable moments, and how to help create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. It has also taught me that emotional health touches every part of our lives. The patterns we develop early on don’t stay neatly contained in our personal lives. They show up in our relationships, our leadership, our businesses, the way we handle conflict, the expectations we place on ourselves, and even our ability to rest.
And I know this not only from my work with others, but from living it myself.
At one point in my own life, I was married, raising my daughter, building my career, and doing all the things I thought I was supposed to do. I loved much of what I was creating—but I was also depleted. I was overfunctioning, doing too much, and eventually burned out from trying to hold everything together.
That experience changed the way I understood anxiety.
Rather than seeing it simply as something to fix or manage away, I began to understand anxiety as information—a signal that something needed my attention. It invited me to slow down, listen to my body, reconsider my boundaries, and become more honest about what I actually needed.
I had to learn that feeling okay didn’t have to come from constant doing, fixing, or anticipating what everyone else needed. I had to learn how to stay present when things felt uncomfortable, hold a boundary even when someone might be disappointed, make room for grief and anger, allow joy, and become more comfortable with uncertainty.
That process transformed how I live and how I understand healing.
It also deeply informs how I work with my clients today.
my Approach
My approach is collaborative, relational, and grounded in the belief that you already carry an incredible amount of wisdom. Sometimes that wisdom gets buried beneath anxiety, old survival strategies, trauma, expectations, or years of adapting yourself to meet the needs of others. Together, we get curious about what’s happening beneath the surface—not just so you can understand yourself better, but so you can begin to experience yourself differently.
I draw from psychology, attachment theory, mindfulness, somatic approaches, and transpersonal psychology, but I don’t believe healing happens through insight alone. Real change often requires new experiences—of safety, connection, possibility, and being able to respond differently when life inevitably gets hard.
I also believe this work doesn’t have to feel clinical or overly serious. There is room for honesty, depth, laughter, curiosity, and the occasional, “Ohh… now I see why I have been doing that for 20 years!”
Whether we are working together around your life, your relationships, or your work, my hope is that our time together helps you feel more connected to yourself, more capable of navigating what comes your way, and more able to create a life that feels genuinely like your own. I want you to walk away with not only the insight, but the courage to take new action in your life.
Because ultimately, emotional health isn’t just about feeling better. It’s about being able to live, work, love, lead, and show up for your life with greater presence, flexibility, and freedom.
And, for me, it’s about coming home to yourself—not becoming someone new, but becoming more fully who you already are.
education and experience
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I knew at 16 that becoming a therapist was my calling. I was drawn to understanding people—their stories, their resilience, their suffering, and what helps us heal and grow.
That calling led me into more than 20 years of work across mental health, education, wellness, and leadership. I began my career in community mental health in San Francisco, supporting children, adolescents, and adults navigating complex emotional, behavioral, and life challenges. I stepped into leadership early, managing a team in a school serving inner-city youth at 23, while developing a deep appreciation for the ways relationships, environment, and emotional health shape well-being.
My work eventually expanded into family systems, intensive therapeutic support, and wilderness therapy, where I worked with parents, children, and adolescents to strengthen communication, resilience, and connection.
In 2015, I moved more fully into the wellness and prevention space, becoming Wellness Director at a nationally recognized wellness retreat in North Carolina. There, I built and led the mental health and stress management curriculum, bringing together emotional health, behavior change, and whole-person approaches to well-being.
My growing interest in trauma, the nervous system, and sustainable change led me into the emerging field of trauma-informed coaching. As Clinical Program Director for one of the first trauma-informed coaching organizations, I developed programming, led a nationwide team of coaches, and supported individuals and groups through meaningful personal and professional change.
Alongside this work, I completed advanced clinical training in attachment-focused counseling and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, deepening my understanding of trauma, emotional regulation, and transformational care.
But my professional path has also been deeply shaped by my own experience with burnout. For years, I believed that working harder, caring more, and giving more would lead to fulfillment. Instead, burnout became one of my greatest teachers. It forced me to look more closely at the nervous system, boundaries, self-compassion, and the emotional and relational patterns that influence how we live and lead.
That experience continues to inform my work today.
My approach brings together depth-oriented psychology, attachment, nervous system awareness, and practical tools for sustainable change. Whether I’m working with an individual, a leader, or a team, I’m interested in helping people move beyond simply functioning better toward living and leading with greater awareness, flexibility, and choice.
Because ultimately, I believe healing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about developing the capacity to be more fully yourself—and to create healthier ways of living, working, and relating along the way.
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M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling
University of the CumberlandsM.A., Transpersonal Psychology
Institute of Transpersonal PsychologyB.A., Human Development & Family Studies
University of ConnecticutLicensed Therapist in North Carolina #17075
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Training-Living Medicine Institute
Hakomi Training
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience (DARe)
Developmental Model of Couples Therapy
Hold Me Tight® Workshop Facilitator
Internal Family Systems–informed practice
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Functional Life Coaching Certification
United States Association of Body Psychotherapy Member
Brainspotting for Trauma Resolution
Leading Edge Teams Leadership Training
Work With Me
If you’re ready for support, the first step is a consultation where we can explore your needs and see if therapy or coaching feels like the right fit.