Katie Light

Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who brings seven years of mental health experience to her practice. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and works from Kansas. Katie focuses on helping adults and young adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and related concerns.

Katie has worked in a range of settings including a psychiatric hospital, community mental health center, outpatient addiction rehab, domestic violence advocacy, and group homes. Those roles shaped a practical, hands-on approach to care and a broad set of clinical skills. She centers work around a person’s strengths and immediate goals.

In sessions she uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method. Common methods she draws on include Trauma-Focused Therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She adapts techniques to what each person finds helpful.

Katie describes trauma as a common thread in many problems people bring. She listens for how trauma shows up as mood shifts, anxiety, isolation, or addictive behaviors and addresses those patterns directly. The work tends to be collaborative and focused on practical steps clients can use between sessions.

The practice emphasizes clear goals and flexible strategies. Katie aims to help people reduce symptoms, build coping skills, and reconnect with what matters to them as they move through healing.

How trauma-focused and behavioral approaches translate online

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on how past traumatic events affect present feelings and behavior and helps people process those experiences in ways that reduce their hold. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings, choose actions that reflect personal values, and build a meaningful life alongside difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and provides practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and relevant to day-to-day life.

The profile did not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to keep continuity of care when routines change. Licensed professionals can still use trauma-focused and behavioral techniques effectively through remote sessions when the approach and pacing are chosen to match the client's needs.