Greetings, y’all!
About me: I’m Kaytlin, and I’m honored you’re here! I was born and raised about an hour south of Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by the rolling hills of Appalachia and seemingly endless woods. My parents were hardworking small business owners who fought tirelessly to provide me with a better life, and they are a driving source of motivation for me in my career. I’m a lifelong fan of almost all things pop culture, so you can usually find me curled up on the couch, entranced by an imaginary world of some kind.
Following the completion of my Master’s of Social Work in 2019, I moved to eastern Oregon, where I began my professional career as a crisis responder. Six months later, the COVID-19 pandemic began, and my career shifted in ways I had never imagined as we all navigated this “new normal” together. After several years, I transitioned to working as an intensive outpatient therapist for teens & young adults with early psychosis in 2021. In 2024, my partner, our pets, and I decided to relocate closer to Portland, where I worked as a residential treatment therapist for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Now, we call Spokane, Washington, our home, and we can’t wait to settle in and build a life here!
TL;DR My experience aligns with my passion for counseling people of all ages.
Approaches & Affiliations -
Approaches & Affiliations -
Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction aims to minimize the negative effects of a behavior while respecting a patient’s autonomy. When a provider takes a harm reduction approach, they help the patient reduce potential risks by educating and supporting realistic alternatives to or versions of those activities.
LGBTQ+ Affirming
An LGBTQ+ affirming approach normalizes and celebrates everyone’s sexuality, desires, identities, and practices. Providers appreciate how our identities can shape aspects of our lives in positive ways - with exploration, confidence, and pleasure.
Weight Inclusive
Being weight-inclusive is a holistic approach to health that shifts conversations to include other aspects of health besides weight. When we de-emphasize numbers on the scale or BMI, we can focus on different factors that have an effect on health and well-being.
Racial Equity
Profound health disparities for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islanders have for too long been accepted and perpetuated by the healthcare system. A Racial Equity approach works to stop racism in healthcare by encouraging continuous learning, interrupting our biases, centering the patient’s voice, and advocating for change.
Informed Consent
Informed Consent educates the patient regarding risks, benefits, and alternatives of medical procedures and treatments. An Informed Consent approach creates shared decision-making through provider-patient dialogue.
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-informed care creates emotional and physical safety and trust between the provider and the patient. Providers understand that a patient may be coming from a place of past trauma, recognizing that, and working toward preventing retraumatization in every aspect of each visit, potential exam, and referral.
Memberships include: GLMA | In addition to the above, I am bound by the Social Work Code of Ethics.
FAQs
check out my blog to learn more!
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To build a strong foundation of trust and safety in our therapeutic journey together, I start with an intake assessment (where we identify what you’d like to work on in therapy!) and then we move forward to treatment planning (where we focus in and define your goals!) This process can only take 1 - 2 sessions sometimes, but is progression is based on your level of comfortability.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT encourages mindfulness to overcome the negative attitudes, thoughts, and feelings that result from difficulties that come with life. ACT builds on a model of accepting our reactions, staying present, and making choices that then enable us to take action.
Art Therapy - Art Therapy creates the space for you to express your feelings and thoughts through art mediums that can include painting, coloring, and drawing.
Attachment-Based Therapy - Attachment-Based Therapy taps into the experiences that influence your early attachment experiences, or the bonds that developed between you and your early caregivers, to resolve the resulting feelings, thoughts, communications, and behaviors that you may have adopted as avoidant coping mechanisms.
Bibliotherapy - Bibliotherapy leverages literature when your therapist finds it complementary to your healing process. This can be the reading of select texts and storytelling, in conjunction with traditional talk therapy.
Breathwork - Breathwork encourages mindfulness and increased self-awareness via breathing exercises.
Client-Centered Therapy - Client-Centered Therapy occurs when your therapist takes a step back and allows you to take a more active and directive role in your healing process. In this approach, your therapist is primarily present to encourage self-acceptance and healing.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - CBT is a short-term approach that allows you to address your goals by considering the thoughts, feelings, and experiences that support desired behaviors.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - CPT is a form of CBT that targets PTSD with the belief that our thoughts impact our attitudes and feelings about our past trauma.
Collaborative Therapy - Collaborative Therapy is an approach that allows you to apply your understanding of your experiences. In this mode, your therapist is less likely to direct the conversation, with you drawing conclusions of cognitive and behavioral shifts that you need to make.
Compassion-Focused Therapy - CFT encourages people to respond to their experiences with compassion. CFT is a great choice for you if you struggle with shame and self-criticism.
Constructivist Therapy - Constructivist Therapy emphasizes that your sense of reality is built from your life experiences. Your therapist is there to encourage your strengths and acts as a facilitator of change.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - DBT promotes healing by providing skills to manage difficult emotions.
Eclectic Therapy - Eclectic Therapy is an open approach that adapts to your needs. It brings together a number of different therapies, depending on your goals.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) - EFT is a physical strategy that involves the use of fingertips to tap on and stimulate various energy points to promote healing from physical and emotional pain and/or disease.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) - EMDR is a structured form of healing that requires you to revisit painful and traumatic experiences to reduce the triggers and feelings of negativity towards the experience.
Mindfulness - Mindfulness is the practice of being present and aware of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences from moment to moment.
Motivational Interviewing - Motivational Interviewing helps you make decisions for yourself with conviction, based on motivation and positivity. This is a great form of therapy if your quality of life is negatively impacted by your indecisiveness and uncertainty.
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy(RO-DBT) - RO DBT is leveraged in difficult-to-treat situations. RO DBT promotes healing by classifying strengths and areas for change through both emotional expression and forming social bonds.
Solutions-Focused Therapy (SFT) - SFT focuses on arming you with problem-solving skills by focusing on the impact of your present decisions on your future. Solutions-focused therapy empowers you to become more goal-oriented, rather than becoming paralyzed by problems.
Strength-Based Therapy - Strength-Based Therapy focuses on your internal strengths and resources as tools for overcoming failures, pain, and trauma.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) - TF-CBT is a type of therapy best suited for children and adolescents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and/or anxiety.
And learning more!
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Choice Theory - Choice Theory is the belief that each individual can only control themselves and has limited power over the choices of others.
Person-Centered Approach - Emphasizes focusing on the individual's unique needs, preferences, and values in all aspects of their life, whether it's in therapy, healthcare, or other areas. It's about respecting the individual's autonomy, recognizing their expertise in their own lives, and empowering them to make informed decisions.
Person-in-Environment (PIE) Approach - Person-in-Environment (PIE) theory is a framework used in social work to explore how individuals are influenced by their surrounding environments, shaping their beliefs, perspectives, and actions. This theory emphasizes the importance of understanding an individual’s life experiences alongside their current context to provide more effective support.
Feminist Theory - Feminist theory is a critical framework that examines the intersection of gender, power, and social justice. It seeks to understand and challenge how gender-based inequalities and discrimination affect individuals and communities, particularly women, within the context of social services and social systems.
Person-in-Environment (PIE) Approach - Person-in-Environment (PIE) theory is a framework used in social work to explore how individuals are influenced by their surrounding environments, shaping their beliefs, perspectives, and actions. This theory emphasizes the importance of understanding an individual’s life experiences alongside their current context to provide more effective support.
Strengths-Based Approach - This client-led approach entails empowering clients to identify and apply their strengths to achieve their goals, rather than focusing on fixing weaknesses or deficits. This approach considers both the individual and their innate strengths as well as their environment and how it impacts them.
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As an independent contractor with Mindful Therapy Group, I’m thrilled to be in-network with several insurance providers in Washington State, including, but not limited to:
Kaiser-Permanente
United
United Medicare Plan
Private pay rate
Individual sessions: $125/hour
Couple & Family sessions: $150/hour
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