- Trauma informed care
- Relationship issues
- Guilt and shame
About Katie
Katie Dean is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah with three years of professional therapy experience and an additional ten years in case management and human services. She works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem. Her profile notes a focus on helping people who struggle with guilt and shame among other challenges.
Katie often meets people who carry heavy experiences from the past. She listens for how trauma shows up now - in relationships, mood, or how someone relates to themselves. Sessions move at a practical pace, with time spent naming patterns and trying small, concrete steps to change them.
Her background includes long experience supporting teens and young adults, including those involved with juvenile justice services. That work shaped how she handles crisis, safety planning, and return-to-normal routines after distress. It also informs how she helps people balance caregiver stress and relationship strain.
In therapy she uses evidence-based techniques aimed at addressing the impact of trauma and hard-to-shift beliefs about the self. Conversations often include skill building for communication, emotion regulation, and managing guilt or shame tied to past events. Katie also addresses concerns such as abandonment fears, isolation, sexual difficulties, and personality or mood challenges.
Practical next steps are straightforward: complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. The subscription-based payment model can be canceled at any time, and sessions vary in cost depending on location.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Katie's profile notes use of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that target trauma and its effects. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral approaches help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep pain alive, and they include practical exercises to reduce distress and build safer patterns in relationships.EMDR-style approaches work with how difficult memories are stored and can reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions; this can be helpful when past events keep affecting current relationships or self-view. Both approaches are commonly used for post-traumatic stress and related mood or intimacy problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and comfort level. She will explain options, try a method, and adjust based on what helps most.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins on a work break, or remove travel time so appointments are simpler to keep. Licensed professionals can also use different tools to focus on skills practice or talking through difficult moments depending on what each person needs.
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and self-esteem issues, and lists guilt and shame among focus areas.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses evidence-based trauma approaches and practical skill building to identify how guilt or shame shows up and to try concrete steps for changing those patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional therapy experience plus ten years in case management and human services, including work with teens and young adults.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Utah and works from that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and priced?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule an initial appointment.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.