Katie Leikam (She/Her/Hers)

For solution focused therapy, I believe my clients create their own ideal version of themselves and will work together to take the incremental steps to realize where you want to be in life. I ask pointed questions and allow my client to be the experts in their own care. I have been using solution focused therapy for over twelve years and have learned to work with my clients to really facilitate change in briefer amounts of time.

I use mindful self compassion to work with clients to practice self compassion, self love and self forgiveness. I have been using this in my practice with multiple clients and have taken classes to learn to be more effective at teaching and processing with my clients to practice self love. Mental illness and gender dysphoria can be difficult to deal with at times and I really want my clients to practice kindness to themselves during their difficult moments.

I have been working from a CBT perspective for over ten years. My clinical supervision was from a cognitive behavioral therapy clinician and have over three years of intense learning to use CBT. I don't generally use worksheets, but I do challenge negative thinking and thought patterns and use logic during sessions to suss out cognitive behavioral patterns to solicit change in my clients.

If my clients tell me they are autistic, I believe them. I enjoy working with autistic clients and understand they you may have a history of masking in this world. I don't want my client to have to be able to do that around me. Be yourself. Let's talk about being neurodivergent in a world that expects you to be neuro typical.

Chronic pain and illness is a very, very hard condition to navigate because in America, you have to be your own care manager and that can be a full time job on its own. You might not know when a flare is going to strike and you may be having a hard time keeping a job or are having disagreements with your family. Chronic pain and illness can also be migraine's or other invisible concerns that other people can't see. I will walk with you through your pain and illness into a thriving life.

I know that ADHD is exhausting, or it is very energetic when you are hyper focused on your most recent interest. These two things work together to eat at your time, take away your energy or disrupt your sleep. This can be a hard issue to navigate by yourself and it helps to have a therapist by your side that has lived experience with what you are trying to navigate. If organization eludes you, I can help you learn those skills. I love helping an ADHD client find peace.