Katy Greenleaf
Therapist, Approved Supervisor, and Parenting Coach - MA, LMHC
Hi – I’m happy to see you. Thank you for looking at my profile. I believe in strength-based and recovery-based practices, which view the client as innately whole and healthy. This means that every behavior or response we have was necessary or adaptive at the time that it started. Our job is to work together to figure out which of these responses are no longer helpful and work with your system to understand where those responses came from and how to help your system to adjust to your present situation and strengths. I do this by using Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
As an able-bodied, white, middle-class, married, average sized, cis-het woman, I am aware of my many dimensions of privilege. As a therapist, I hold additional power within the therapeutic relationship, which means it is crucial that I notice what I bring into the room and hold myself accountable. This I do imperfectly, as uncovering implicit biases is a lifetime journey.
As an anti-racist and feminist therapist, there are a number of intentional things that I do in the therapeutic relationship to reduce the power difference between us, while also holding with honor the responsibility I have in the relationship.
I enjoy working with clients of all backgrounds with an emphasis on working with female identifying clients, LGBTQIA+ clients, clients with disabilities, clients who are working on body liberation or deconstructing the body hierarchy, therapists, and social justice warriors.
I also spent 10 years working with children and families in crisis and now provide parenting coaching and parent skills/support groups focused on supporting parents as whole people, striving to guide and connect with their children or teens through difficult times.
Skills and Expertise
Women's issue
Trauma and PTSD
Suicidal Ideation
Self-Harming
Parenting
Depression
Anxiety
LGBTQ
Body Image
Highly Sensitive Persons
Treatment Orientation
AEDP
EMDR
Feminist
Family Systems Therapy
IFS
Relational Therapy
Modality