She received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Arizona with double majors in Psychology and Sociology, and has a Masters in Counseling from University of Phoenix. She is licensed by The Arizona Board of Behavioral Health as a Licensed Professional Counselor and is also a member of The American Counseling Association.
Katherine has spent over twenty five years providing a variety of counseling. Besides working with the general population, much of her time was spent working within the criminal justice system and with the seriously mentally ill. Katherine’s history of working with such difficult populations has enabled her to work with most issues that may present themselves in therapy: Trauma, Anger, Addictions, Relationship difficulties, Anxiety, Depression and Life Changes to name a few.
Katherine has always made every effort to stay apprised of current and alternative therapies that are beneficial in the healing process. In using Cognitive Behavioral and Life Coaching techniques she feels education and homework are very important in making personal life changes. Katherine also incorporates more progressive forms of treatment, such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), in which she is a level II EMDRIA Certified, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and Emwave, which is a type of Bio feedback.
You will find that Katherine is very down to earth with a reality based, direct approach to therapy. She also feels humor plays an important part in working through life’s difficult issues and incorporates it often. Katherine is of the Christian faith and feels it is very beneficial to bring in the support of the Lord during the healing and change process of therapy. Katherine, however, has always worked well with people from all nationalities, religions and backgrounds. You will find that if you are willing to work in therapy, Katherine will be honest, supportive, and caring no matter how difficult your issues.