Katherine "Katie" Saraga , LCSW

Background

Katherine "Katie" Saraga, LCSW, based in Illinois, bringing 4 years of clinical practice.

Specialties

Katherine's practice areas include stress and anxiety, self esteem, coping with life changes, and ADHD.

Katherine works with child, teen (13-19y), and young adult (20-25y) clients, and provides disability advocacy.

Methods

Katherine's practice integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Katherine is a certified Animal Assisted Therapist, and her Therapy Dog Trekk is available to accompany sessions on request.

Style and philosophy

Katherine describes her counseling style as pretty laid back.

Katherine has been described as supportive, thoughtful, and empathetic, with a pretty good sense of humor.

Katherine aims to focus on identifying your strengths and helping you to maximize them to overcome your obstacles.