Kat is a Licensed Professional Counselor and art therapist. She received her Masters degree in Art Therapy & Counseling from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Kat works collaboratively with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults using the creative process to shepherd young people to understand themselves and the world around them. In sessions, she tunes into strengths and interests that are untapped resources for understanding and coping with the world around us. She has seen clients increase their comfort with embracing big emotions, riding the emotional wave, and problem solving to get what they need in difficult situations. She has experience teaching executive functioning skills and combating emotional barriers to support neurodivergent people to take charge of their story.
Kat believes that when people feel lost or stuck, creating art can often point us in the direction of new solutions, highlighting untapped internal resources. Art can often reveal aspects of our authentic self, goals, wishes that words would not have found. Art is not only paint on canvas; there is often creativity without the process of making art. She is here to grow with you through the medium that fits your needs best. Kat works with clients to actualize the changes the client wants to make within themselves through relationship, skill building, and identity exploration.
Kat has experience working with young people in the LGBTQ+ community to validate and honor their emotions and experience, explore how gender and sexuality are a part of one’s identity, and support the young person in creating safe spaces and finding gender affirming care. Kat approaches art therapy and counseling from a relational, strengths-based, and gestalt perspective. She aims to develop a therapeutic relationship that promotes self-awareness and self worth so clients can become the main character of their story that they’ve always dreamed for themselves. Kat celebrates differences and honors that everyone is the narrator of their own story and is excited to help you define your next chapter.