Kathleen Murray

Katie Murray is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical who works to provide her clients with education around mindfulness techniques, supporting themin gaining effective tools to manage presenting symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression. She helps to empower their sense of confidence, self-awareness, and emotional regulation throughout the course of therapy.Katie is a welcoming and affirming therapist for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Throughout her career, Katie has had a wide range of experiences working with both teens and adults who are survivors of complex trauma. In addition to previous outpatient therapy, she has managed community-based programs providing help with the transition to adulthood for at-risk teens and adolescents with significant mental health needs. She served as a co-facilitator of evidence-based multi-family psychoeducation groups for families with a teen diagnosed with either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Katie also spent six years as a …therapist and Behavioral Health Director within the juvenile justice system and hardware secure settings, providing trauma-informed individual, family, and substance abuse services. Katie maintains a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach with all clients. The basis of her work with clients is supported by the frameworks of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy, and motivational interviewing. Katie is on the national registry of therapists certified in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and specializes in working with individuals who have a history of acute and complex traumatic experiences.