Katie Light

Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who brings seven years of practice to her work in Kansas. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and draws on experience in hospitals, community mental health, addiction treatment, and domestic violence advocacy. Katie focuses on adults and young adults and pays attention to each person's strengths as a starting point.

She has worked in psychiatric hospital settings, outpatient addiction programs, community mental health centers, group homes, and domestic violence services. That range shaped practical skills for supporting mood disorders, trauma, addiction, and stress-related concerns. Katie describes trauma as often driving symptoms like anxiety, depression, mood swings, and isolation, and she centers care on addressing those patterns.

Katie uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. Commonly used methods include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and mindfulness-based work. She adapts techniques to what fits each person best and combines tools when that helps progress.

Sessions typically emphasize practical steps and skill-building. Clients can expect conversations about coping skills, behavioral changes, and ways to notice unhelpful patterns. Katie also addresses relationship strain, sleeping problems, self-esteem, grief, career stress, and men's wellbeing concerns among other topics.

Her background includes roles as a therapist, case manager, and client advocate. That experience informs a collaborative approach, where the therapist and client decide together what to try next and track how those steps feel and work.

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