Katie Light , LCSW, LSCSW

Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Kansas. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and brings seven years of clinical experience. Katie focuses on helping adults and young adults manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, addiction, and relationship or identity-related challenges. She emphasizes each person’s strengths and practical steps forward.

Katie has worked in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient addiction programs, domestic violence advocacy, and group homes. That variety shaped a flexible approach and comfort with many presenting problems. She draws on what has helped others while adapting methods to each person’s needs.

Her sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. She blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness. Katie tailors these tools rather than following a single method. Clients can expect straightforward strategies and chance to practice new skills between meetings.

Trauma work is a major focus. Katie pays attention to how past events show up as anxiety, mood swings, isolation, or substance use. She helps people name those patterns and build coping skills that fit day-to-day life.

Katie also offers support around parenting stress, career transitions, intimacy and sexual relationship concerns, ADHD, grief, and compulsive behaviors. She uses a practical tone and concrete homework so progress feels measurable. Sessions are offered in English and use a mix of talk, skills practice, and short exercises.

How Katie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often include simple exercises and short homework to build meaningful habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with behavioral experiments. In remote sessions CBT works well for addressing anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep problems through structured practice. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for trauma processing and can be adapted for online work with guided protocols and pacing suited to each person.

Katie treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative planning helps clients see which techniques feel most useful before committing to any one path.

Online therapy offers flexibility that many people find helpful. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, brief coaching, or scheduling between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using ACT, CBT, DBT skills, and EMDR-informed work when appropriate.