About Your Federal Way Therapist

You’ve been feeling alone in your struggles. You’re not quite sure if therapy is the answer, but you know something has to change. You’re tired of feeling anxious, like no matter how much you try to please others or create success in your life, you still don’t feel good enough. Somedays you can cope well by masking your emotions and appear “fine” to others. But during the hardest of days you find yourself hating your body, shaming your choices, isolating from loved ones, struggling to sleep or eat, constantly worried about what others think of you, neglecting your boundaries, and experiencing a general sense of panic. You’re ready to put the hard days behind you.

Hi, I’m Katie, a mental health therapist in Federal Way, WA. Trust me when I say, I’ve been there! I became a therapist because I was tired of seeing people suffer alone. I know personally how having a good-fit therapist and a consistent counseling process can help create change and build connection with yourself and loved ones.

Rarely, if ever, does self-help and DIY-ing it result in the support and tools necessary for behavioral change. Therapy is about building a trusted connection with someone who is invested in your wellbeing. Being an empath, I wholeheartedly want clients like you to reach your goals and live life as your best self. I wish for my plus size clients to embrace your bodies & have less guilt around food, my queer clients to feel empowered to be authentic, my people-pleaser clients to find your worth outside of pleasing others, my neurodivergent clients to not feel out of control or like your brain is broken, and my clients with generational trauma to find your voice & break negative cycles.

I’m trauma-informed and trained in fat-liberation, social justice, and feminist therapy. I utilize modalities like attachment theory, solution-focused, CBT, EFT, and mindfulness. If you have questions about what any of those are, I’d be happy to answer your questions during a consultation.