Katie Light, LCSW, LSCSW

Katie Light is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a practical, strengths-based approach to therapy. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials - LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LSCSW stands for Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker - and practices in Kansas while drawing on experience across hospital, community, outpatient, shelter, and group home settings. Her background includes work in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient addiction treatment, domestic violence advocacy, and residential group homes for people with disabilities.

Katie primarily works with adults and young adults and focuses on trauma as a central concern, recognizing how traumatic experiences can show up as depression, anxiety, mood shifts, addictive behaviors, isolation, anger, or obsessive patterns. She emphasizes each person’s strengths and collaborates with clients to build practical coping skills and clearer direction in life. Katie uses a flexible mix of evidence-informed methods and adapts techniques to fit individual needs rather than relying on a single style.

Her typical approaches include cognitive and behavioral strategies, acceptance-oriented work, skills training, and trauma-focused interventions. Katie welcomes clients who are navigating stress, relationships, grief, mood disorders, addictions, parenting challenges, identity and intimacy issues, and other life transitions, and she aims to support recovery, resilience, and purposeful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Katie Light commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy, which teaches practical emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense emotions and improve relationships. When trauma is a focus, she employs trauma-focused interventions such as EMDR to address distressing memories and the ways those memories affect present-day functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Katie works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time rather than insisting on a single model, so clients and therapists can adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful.

Online therapy with Katie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for those balancing work, family, or mobility concerns. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care, access licensed professionals from home, and maintain momentum between sessions while tailoring the format to individual lifestyle and comfort.