About Katie
Katie Dean is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Utah. She has three years of professional therapy experience and a decade of background in case management and human services. Katie focuses on helping people recover from trauma and build practical skills for daily life.
Her work often centers on relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem struggles. She also addresses trauma and abuse, mood and personality challenges, and sexual health concerns.
Background and approach
Katie helps clients tackle problems like abandonment, caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, control issues, and feelings of isolation. In sessions she aims to listen first and respond with clear, achievable steps. Conversations cover patterns, coping tools, and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
The goal is to leave each session with something useful to practice in real life. Katie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to target trauma and its effects while also supporting everyday concerns. She frames work around each person’s goals and comfort level, adjusting pace and focus as needed.
People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools may find her approach a good match. She practises as an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Katie offers therapy in English and provides sessions in a mix of video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging formats.
To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
How trauma-focused methods work online
Many of the techniques Katie uses focus on processing trauma and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach helps people identify upsetting thoughts and test new responses in daily life - this targets symptoms linked to trauma, low self-worth, and relationship strain. Another approach uses structured steps to reduce the emotional hold of traumatic memories while teaching grounding and coping skills to manage symptoms between sessions. Each method aims to reduce distress and increase the ability to handle everyday challenges.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Katie will discuss options and tailor methods to a person’s goals and pace. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what feels most useful and realistic for each client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins, want ongoing brief support, or need to fit therapy around work and caregiving. These options make it simpler to keep momentum between sessions and practice new skills in day-to-day life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English