About Katie
Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Kansas. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and brings seven years of experience as a social worker, therapist, case manager, and client advocate. Katie focuses on building on a person’s strengths and meeting them where they are.
She works with adults and young adults and keeps language clear and practical in sessions. Her background includes work in a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, an outpatient addiction rehab facility, a domestic violence shelter, and group homes serving people with disabilities.
How Katie works
Those roles shaped a broad skill set across mood disorders, trauma, addictions, and complex life stressors. She has particular experience supporting people with trauma and its common effects like depression, anxiety, and shifting moods. Katie uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
She commonly draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness-based techniques. She adapts methods rather than relying on a single model, and she talks through options with each person. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on small, usable steps.
Treatment can include managing panic or mood swings, coping with grief or burnout, addressing substance use, and improving communication and boundaries. Katie also supports people facing career stress, low self-esteem, and the challenges of life transitions. Conversations move at the client’s pace and emphasize skills you can try between sessions.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better functioning in daily life. Katie describes therapy as a collaborative process toward realistic goals.
Katie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Katie works with
The areas below are the ones Katie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small, values-based actions even when emotions are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication in stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Katie will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time and collaborates on which tools feel most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy schedules and varying energy levels. Video calls let you keep eye contact and read body language for deeper sessions. Phone sessions are a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and shorter conversations that fit into a break at work or school. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care while trying different therapeutic approaches.
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