I want to help you discover how to heal.

Kat Smith | Trauma Informed Therapist | EMDR in Oklahoma

You remember a time when constant worry, looping thoughts and overwhelming emotions weren’t the norm…or perhaps this has always been your reality. Don’t you wish that you had the tools to change it - to go back, or to experience a life without these struggles for the very first time?

I believe that you are in the right place.

I’m Kat, and I help individuals just like you; ones that have it within them to heal and thrive despite what life’s experiences have taught them to believe about themselves and the world. Sometimes they just need the support to get there.

Many of today’s solutions for trauma, anxiety and depression are either designed to be supportive in a passive and reflective manner or place the brunt of the responsibility for current struggles (and healing) onto the client - rather than tracing it back to the root cause of the difficulties. These approaches lead many to feel disappointed with lack of progress, or as if they should be doing more to “fix themselves”.

I know that your circumstances are unique, and that you are action oriented.

Therapist for Trauma online in Oklahoma and locally in Edmond and OKC,

First, we will nurture and strengthen a trusting therapeutic relationship that will stand the test of time and the emotional journey of therapy.

Then we explore the negative beliefs that attempt to protect us from the harsh realities of life, but that in reality keep us from living our lives to the fullest.

Last, we reprocess the memories that feed those beliefs, replacing them with positive insight and realistic expectations of what the future can be.

Through our work together, you’ll become acquainted with the you that exists just beneath the surface of overwhelming emotions and beyond a world that is just too much to process at times.

I am dedicated to helping people cherish today.

My training in trauma-informed therapies means I have the expertise you need and deserve when seeking to heal from complex trauma, anxiety or depression. At the end of the day though, you want to know that you’re working with someone who “gets” what it means to struggle with these issues.

I get it because I have lived this journey myself. I know what it feels like to overthink, to have big emotions that I felt no one else understood, and to avoid things I enjoyed just to save myself from the overwhelm. When we work together you won’t just get a trained therapist. You’ll get someone who truly understands what you are going through and how muddy the waters look before first stepping into the stream. We can take that first step together knowing that the dirt will settle - that there are clear waters in your future.

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