Katie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and received her master’s in social work from the University of Denver in 2020. She has close to ten years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing OCD, depression, and anxiety-related disorders and over twelve years working in the mental health field. Katie provides acceptance and a non-judgmental environment for her clients of all backgrounds and believes honesty, rapport, creativity, and humor are vital aspects of the client-therapist relationship. Katie is licensed in both Tennessee and Alabama.
As part of the LGBTQIA+ community, Katie is passionate about providing support, engagement in advocacy, and treatment for individuals within the community. Katie started and continues to facilitate the LGBTQIA+ Anxiety Treatment Group at NOATC and has had several opportunities to speak at LGBTQIA+ specific events surrounding the topic of mental health.Katie serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Council for the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). She has also been a part of several presentations emphasizing and providing a LGBTQIA+ perspective at IOCDF conferences through the years.
Katie received her Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy and has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist since 2012, receiving her certification in Neurological Music Therapy in 2015. She began her journey as a music therapist at an acute psychiatric hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. In March of 2015, Katie moved to Nashville, where she began a position as an Experiential Therapist at Rogers Behavioral Health. Katie is trained in and describes her therapeutic lens as often coming from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) rooted in values work. Katie is also trained in exposure response prevention (ERP) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as mindfulness interventions and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. Katie believes that healing and support can develop within group therapy and is passionate about group work, dynamics, andsupport in relation to mental health.
When she is not seeing clients, Katie enjoys spending time with her partner and their pup children. The pack likes to travel (yes, the pups come too), playing fetch in the back yard or the lake, going for walks, or the dog's favorite- laying on the couch under blankets. You might find her on her yoga mat, out in nature, vintage shopping, or attending a live show (especially if Brandi Carlile is involved).
What Her Colleagues Say About Her: Warm, Present, Creative, Relatable, Cheerful, Strong Advocate, Intentional, Lighthearted
