Katie is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker offering counselling for individuals, couples and families as well as parenting groups and professional social work supervision. She offers face to face appointments for those in greater western Sydney and online video or phone appointments to those further afield. Katie has particular experience and interest in:
- Anxiety / depression (including pre and post-natal experiences of anxiety and/or depression, workplace stress, difficulties with self-esteem, the mental load of motherhood and more general relationship stress)
- Parenting (including parents having difficulty understanding and responding to their children's challenging behaviours, family conflict and burn out)
- Grief, loss & trauma (including experiences of domestic violence, abuse and neglect, child removal, pregnancy loss and natural disaster)
- Children & adolescents (including children with anxiety resulting in behavioural difficulties at home and/or school. Katie is happy to see children with the involvement of parents in treatment)
- Couples & families (including conflict and communication difficulties)
- Professional Social Work Supervision (individual and group)
Katie lives in the Lower Blue Mountains with her husband and two young daughters. She enjoys bush walking, cooking, gardening and reading. Prior to becoming a social worker Katie worked in the music industry and still holds a passion for music and creativity.
