Kathryn Rabak (she/her)

I have 9 years of experience working with children, teen, adolescents, and young adults, as well as their caregivers. I work with young people to develop awareness of themselves and their feelings, coping skills to manage difficult feelings, communication skills to express those feelings, social skills to seek connection and support, and decision-making skills to facilitate good choices. I also work with caregivers to build parenting and relational skills to improve family dynamics.

I have nearly a decade of experience working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community in addition to my lived experience as a queer non-monogamous woman. My work with queer clients often includes exploring sexual and gender identities, preparing for or coping with coming out and transition, and coping with dysphoria or trauma related to homophobia and transphobia. I also provide gender-affirming surgery letter assessments.

While overall awareness of depression has improved drastically, I believe that it continues to be one of the most misunderstood mental health experiences we know. My approach to depression comes from a place of empathy and understanding first and foremost, with goals of education and understanding of symptoms, self, and patterns, acceptance and commitment to change, and development of tools, skills, and habits that provide relief and the building of a life worth living.

I use CBT in my practice because I believe that the way we talk to ourselves, how we choose to think about the world, the stories we tell ourselves, and the language we use are incredibly powerful and influential. We'll use CBT skills and tools to change how you talk to yourself, explore your beliefs about yourself and the world, escape from harmful thinking traps, and replace thoughts that lead to self-defeating or unhelpful choices.

I use CBT in my practice because I believe that the way we talk to ourselves, how we choose to think about the world, the stories we tell ourselves, and the language we use are incredibly powerful and influential. As we work together, we'll use CBT skills and tools to change how you talk to yourself, explore your beliefs about yourself and the world, escape from harmful thinking traps, and replace thoughts that lead to self-defeating or unhelpful choices.

I am passionate about DBT because it doesn't treat our feelings as the enemy. DBT allows you to change the way you think about and respond to your feelings so that you can improve your relationship with them, and yourself. Elements of DBT that I find most helpful in my work are improving self-awareness through mindfulness, reducing unwanted behaviors through skills, and improving self-esteem through working towards goals and building healthy relationships.

I am passionate about DBT because it doesn't treat our feelings as the enemy. DBT allows you to change the way you think about and respond to your feelings so that you can improve your relationship with them, and yourself. Elements of DBT that I find most helpful in my work are enhancing self-awareness through mindfulness, reducing unwanted behaviors through skills, and improving self-esteem through working towards goals and building healthy relationships.

Narrative therapy is a key component of my practice because the way I view our problems is based on the foundational idea that a person is not the problem - The Problem is the problem. So often our problems and struggles can overtake the story of our life and the way we view ourselves; narrative therapy aims to separate us from The Problem, instead looking at the relationship to The Problem and the moments when that relationship looks a little (or a lot!) different.