Kathryn "Katie" Parr

Katie is a compassionate, skilled, and dedicated professional, hoping to help individuals find healing and transformation. She holds a Master's degree in clinical mental health counseling, along with a BFA in photography and many years of studio art practice. Her approach to counseling is non-hierarchical and gravitates towards nondirective and person-centered modalities. She views her role as offering people witness, support, regulation, care, and tending so they can embark on a journey to heal. Then, she can celebrate their healing with them as a facet of their strength and determination, not something she has done, but something done together. The core of her practice is a deep belief that with support, healing is possible.

Art and creativity deeply inform Katie’s counseling and are fundamental to how she works with clients and as she conceptualizes their care. As a mental health counselor, she aims to help others release self-sabotage and empower themselves within their lives. She hopes to help others overcome disempowering narratives and guide them to a healthier, heart-centered place. She continues to apprentice herself to a style of therapy that is about radical acceptance and surrender to what is instead of change or achievement. When Katie is not working as a therapist, she may be hiking, camping, weightlifting, creating art, writing poetry, or spending time with family and friends.

*Kathryn "Katie" Parr works under the licensed supervision of Cindy Elizondo, MSW, LICSW.