Learn more about Katie

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Katie Kamholz, ATR-BC, LCPC, is a clinical counselor and board-certified art therapist. She received her bachelor's in fine art (BFA) from Washington University in St. Louis and master's degree in art therapy (MAAT) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Katie has completed additional training in crisis counseling, sexual assault and domestic violence counseling, Internal Family Systems, Anxiety and OCD treatment. Katie has over 20 years of experience as an art therapist and has worked in various settings including: pediatric inpatient psychiatric care, residential treatment facilities for adolescents, child welfare, middle school counseling, and community mental health. Katie has also served as a faculty member in the MAATC program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for over 10 years.

The roots of her clinical approach are humanistic and client-centered, and have also been informed by neuropsychology, and evidenced-based practices of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She uses art therapy and body centered approaches in addition to talk therapy.

Katie believes in the importance of discovering (and re-discovering) all of the different parts of ourselves, giving voice to those parts, and using self-knowledge to be able to make positive changes in our lives.