About Katie
Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who brings seven years of hands-on experience to therapy. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and works from Kansas. Katie focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, mood shifts, and the ripple effects of trauma.
She has worked in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient addiction rehab, domestic violence advocacy, and group homes. Those roles shaped a flexible style and a wide set of practical skills.
Background and approach
Katie begins by looking at a person’s strengths and daily life. Sessions emphasize clear goals and simple tools. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking.
Mindfulness practices and acceptance-based ideas help people tolerate hard feelings without getting stuck. When trauma is involved, Katie may bring in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address painful memories and reduce their hold. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for strong emotions and for improving coping during stress.
She blends methods to match what each person needs. Katie also supports people facing addiction, relationship challenges, grief, sleep problems, work stress, and questions about identity and intimacy. She works with adults and young adults and tailors plans to daily routines and responsibilities.
The approach is practical, straightforward, and focused on what will improve life this week. To begin, Katie guides clients through clear steps to set goals and try techniques between sessions. She encourages small experiments and regular review so progress is easy to notice.
How Katie Uses Practical Therapies Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters and take small steps toward those values even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. It focuses on action more than on fighting feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches simple, evidence-based strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going; it is often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships when reactions feel overwhelming. Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Katie will listen to a person’s goals, try a method for a few sessions, and adjust based on what helps. She mixes techniques so therapy feels relevant to everyday life and fits the client’s routine and preferences. Online formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever fits their schedule. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a quick option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for short check-ins, coaching, and practicing skills between sessions. These options support flexibility and make it simpler to use therapy tools during real-life moments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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