Katie Light

Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri and holds specialist clinical social work and clinical addictions counselor licenses in Kansas. She has seven years of experience working in roles that include social worker, therapist, case manager, and client advocate.

Katie’s career has taken her through a variety of settings, including a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, an outpatient addiction rehabilitation facility, advocacy work at a domestic violence shelter, and group homes serving people with disabilities. These experiences exposed her to many different mental health concerns and helped her develop a broad set of clinical skills.

She tends to build on each person’s strengths while tailoring treatment to the individual. Katie commonly uses solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She often blends approaches to find what works best for each client.

Katie has a particular passion for working with trauma. She recognizes that traumatic experiences can affect people in many ways, sometimes showing up as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, PTSD, anger outbursts, addictions, isolation, or rapidly shifting moods. She would be honored to support adults and young adults through their healing journeys and believes that trauma can be healed.

More information about Katie and her practice is available on her Psychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/935408