Hi, I’m Kate.
Hi, I'm Kate. I've been doing this work for 14 years and I'm still genuinely curious about every single person I meet. That hasn't changed.
I believe life is worth showing up for fully. The light parts and the shadow ones. The unknown isn't something to outrun. It's where the most interesting things happen. And I think most people who find their way to therapy aren't broken, they're curious. They sense there's more. More depth, more freedom, more of themselves waiting to be discovered.
I believe your mind is always in motion: constantly creating, adapting, and sometimes quietly working against the very thing you want most. Not because something is wrong with you, but because somewhere along the way it made sense to. The patterns you keep repeating, the relationships that feel oddly familiar, the ways you've learned to cope that once kept you safe are not random. They're a story worth reading together.
So that's what we do. We slow down. We listen for what's underneath. We notice what shows up between us in the room because it usually shows up everywhere else too. And slowly, with intention, we create something new. Something that feels like yours. Something colored with a little more hope than when you started.
I think about my patients between sessions. I'll be on a walk and something from our last hour will surface. Something you said, something you didn't, something that felt like it wanted more air. This work doesn't clock out at the end of the hour. And neither do I.
I'm warm, direct, and I have a terrible poker face. You will always know where you stand with me. I'm not here to nod along. I'm here to help you figure out what's true.
Hi, I'm Kate. I've been doing this work for 14 years and I'm still genuinely curious about every single person I meet. That hasn't changed.
I believe life is worth showing up for fully. The light parts and the shadow ones. The unknown isn't something to outrun. It's where the most interesting things happen. And I think most people who find their way to therapy aren't broken, they're curious. They sense there's more. More depth, more freedom, more of themselves waiting to be discovered.Many of the people who find their way to me feel stuck in painful relationship patterns, overwhelming self-criticism, or a quiet sense that something isn't working the way it should.
I believe your mind is always in motion: constantly creating, adapting, and sometimes quietly working against the very thing you want most. Not because something is wrong with you, but because somewhere along the way it made sense to. The patterns you keep repeating, the relationships that feel oddly familiar, the ways you've learned to cope that once kept you safe are not random. They're a story worth reading together.
So that's what we do. We slow down. We listen for what's underneath. We notice what shows up between us in the room because it usually shows up everywhere else too. And slowly, with intention, we create something new. Something that feels like yours. Something colored with a little more hope than when you started.
I think about my patients between sessions. I'll be on a walk and something from our last hour will surface. Something you said, something you didn't, something that felt like it wanted more air. This work doesn't clock out at the end of the hour. And neither do I.
I'm warm, direct, and I have a terrible poker face. You will always know where you stand with me. I'm not here to nod along. I'm here to help you figure out what's true.
I offer psychodynamic telehealth therapy for adults in Chicago and throughout Illinois.
Training & Background
M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
George Washington University 2012
B.A. in Psychology, Sociology, and Gender Studies
Indiana University 2010
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis 2025