Katie Saunders, LCSW

Hello! My name is Katie and I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 7 years of experience. My therapy style is client-centered and trauma-informed. This means I provide an empathetic environment, that is caring, supportive, and tailored towards you. I believe the most important part of therapy is that you can trust your therapist and know your therapist genuinely cares. I will always do my best to create this safe environment, earn your trust, and demonstrate that I want to understand and see you fully. Once this safety in our sessions is established, I believe we can work together to reflect, process, and make meaningful therapeutic progress.

I have experience giving therapy for anxiety, depression, PTSD, anger, motivation, self-esteem, LGBTQ+, gender dysphoria, stress management, work burnout, women’s issues, chronic UTI trauma, couples counseling, and relationship issues. I also have previous experience working on a crisis unit serving youth with suicidality, homicidality, and self-harm. If you have current plans or intent to harm yourself or others, please call 211 or 911, or utilize your local hospital to ensure your immediate safety. However, if you have recently completed IOP, PHP, or have safely completed and been discharged from another higher level of care, feel free to consider OP services with me as your next level of support.

Even if the issues you're seeking support with are not listed here, don't let that hold you back. I am open to learning, understanding you further, and supporting you through your current concerns. Feel free to schedule whichever way feels most comfortable for you - call, email, text, or through the website link. I am here whenever you’re ready to start.