“Katie’s desire as a counselor is to come alongside her clients to help foster healing and growth and to empower them going forward.”
Katie also sees the rich value in relationship, in which she looks to know and understand each one of her clients uniquely and engages with her clients in a manner that respects their very uniqueness of gifts, abilities, beliefs, and challenges.
Katie Sahler Drake a is dual licensed counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, serving individuals, couples, and families. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University and received her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary. She has counseling experience in several clinical settings. This includes three years of private practice at Watershed Counseling, contracting at Crossroads Counseling Center, Non-Profit Adolescent and Family Therapy in Glen Allan, MS, and inner-city counseling with The Net Counseling.
Further training Katie has received consist of the following:
Prepare and Enrich for pre-marital
Dr. John and Julia Gottman’s advanced marital therapy
EMDR Therapy Trained
For fun Katie enjoys reading, playing sports, MSU football, traveling, being outdoors/adventure, walking her dogs, and time with family and friends!
Children and Adolescents
Katie’s work with children and adolescents involves meeting the unique needs of each child and teen where ever they may be, personally or developmentally, through an integrated approach that includes neuroscience, attachment, and play.
Play is a child’s language, so Katie offers play therapy in order for children to better express their feelings and experiences. Neuroscientific studies prove that meeting a child where they are developmentally is essential for vital growth.
Katie also collaborates with parents to offer developmental insights and understanding of their child as well as how to practically engage with them. She uses “The Whole Brain Child,” “Brainstorm,” and resources from “Educate and Empower Kids” as references for parents. She incorporates approaches from these in sessions with parents, working to help bridge the gap between children and adults. As a result, children and parents are better able to connect and flourish.
Couples
Katie works with couples experiencing communication and conflict, stress and transition, and extramarital affairs. Primarily using the Gottman Couples Therapy model, she incorporates practical and tangible ways to better connect with and understand your spouse so that there is a stronger sense of trust and commitment surrounding the relationship. This includes managing conflict, building fondness and admiration for one another, knowing one another’s world in the midst of the day to day mundane, and learning how to cultivate and enjoy a shared meaning in life.
Women’s Issues
Katie enjoys working with women of all ages. She sees beauty in coming alongside women wrestling with a variety of issues such as anxiety, depression, OCD, loss and grief, major life changes, and transitions.
By serving as a comforting resource and a listening ear, Katie offers her clients guidance that fosters insight and growth.