Katie Light, LCSW, LSCSW

Katie Light is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) practicing in Kansas with seven years of experience. She has worked as a social worker, therapist, case manager, and client advocate in a variety of settings. Her practice focuses on adults and young adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, addiction, and codependency concerns.

Katie draws on experience from psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient addiction programs, domestic violence advocacy, and group homes. Those roles shaped a practical approach to common problems like panic, depression, grief, isolation, and trouble sleeping. She notices how trauma can show up as shifting moods, withdrawal, or addictive behaviors and addresses those patterns directly.

Sessions mix short-term and skills-based work with deeper trauma-focused methods. Katie commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change thought and behavior patterns. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies to teach distress tolerance and emotional regulation.

When needed she includes acceptance and commitment strategies and EMDR interventions aimed at processing traumatic memories. Mindfulness practices are folded into sessions to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. She adapts methods to fit what a person finds helpful rather than insisting on a single path.

People who struggle with people-pleasing, boundary difficulties, or living around another person’s substance use often seek help for codependency patterns. Katie works alongside clients to identify patterns, practice new ways of relating, and build clearer boundaries. To begin, prospective clients use the site matching steps to schedule an initial appointment and see which session options apply to them.

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