A little about me...

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I grew up moving all over the southern Bible Belt, and now co-own Dallas Therapy Collective in Dallas, Texas where I see clients, provide supervision, and run trainings and workshops. I may have a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, but you can just call me Kathryn. 

I think I first became interested in religious abuse when I found out my roommate in college had grown up in a cult. We would just chat at night, and I learned a lot about her upbringing and how devastating it was for her to process all of that in her recovery. I went on to do my dissertation on spiritual abuse and create a clinical scale to measure spiritual trauma. Now, I primarily work in treating clients that have experienced trauma of all kinds, but I specialize in religious abuse and clients the LGBTQIA+ community. There's a ton of overlap, after all.

As a therapist, my goal is to get to know my clients and understand their world as much as I can. I want to understand how their cultural identities, parts of their personality, and any symptoms they might be having play roles in their bigger story. 

In and outside of work, I strive to develop trusting relationships where anyone can dare to be their authentic self. I value openness and gentle challenges to help gain perspective or to correct a misunderstanding. Through that vulnerability, I believe there can be healing. Healing comes through relationships.