ABOUT
Kathryn Williams

Licensed Professional Counselor

Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.
~ David Richo

Kathryn Williams, LPC
True Self Counseling

As a psychotherapist, my practice has evolved over the years. While I will always have grounding in trauma-informed approaches, Internal Family Systems, attachment theory, mindful self-compassion, and Enneagram personality styles, all roads have led me to study Jungian Depth Psychology and associated dream work methods and practices. I incorporate this into my work with clients as well as in my own personal growth practice. Working with my own and others’ dreams as a form of psychological and spiritual growth are a passion and inner world joy.

To dreamwork, I bring decades of personal dream explorations including current, ongoing Jungian analysis. I have trained in Jungian and Archetypal dream work methods, and continue intensive study. I created and continue to co-facilitating a long-term peer-led dream group.

I have been practicing as a psychotherapist for over 12 years with past focuses on developmental trauma, issues of identity, spirituality, aging, relationships, low self-worth, health and social anxiety. I have specialized in working with LGBTQ-identified folks, HSPs, introverts, and people who for various other reasons experience themselves as living on the outer bounds of the mainstream culture.

My education includes a BS in Natural History and Its Written Expression, UC Davis, CA, MA in English, Portland State University, Portland, OR, and a MA in Professional Mental Health Counseling, Lewis & Clark Graduate College, Portland, OR.

When I am not engaged in dreamwork and Jungian studies, I enjoy photography, native plant gardening, birding, walking, hiking, camping, and nature loving communion. I live with my partner, little dog, Cricket, and a crew mysterious and playful crow neighbors.

More Mental Health Experience and Training

I have worked in integrative healthcare in many capacities over the years, most recently as a mental health therapist at Quest Center for Integrative Health. I have practiced in collaboration with a naturopathic physician, osteopathic doctor, acupuncturists, drug and alcohol counselors, and yoga instructors. I’ve worked primarily with individuals and couples who identify as LGBTQ, people living with HIV, those in recovery from drugs and alcohol, and those seeking overall wellness. I have facilitated Enneagram groups, biblio-poetry groups, TREM (trauma and recovery empowerment for women) groups, and developed a genderqueer/transgender support group.

I am board certified as a telemental health provider (BC-TMH 2434–verify credential) I am certified as an Enneagram teacher through the Narrative Tradition with Helen Palmer and David Daniels. My continuing education training includes externship training in emotion focused therapy for couples, EMDR intensive and EMDRI-approved basic training, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed therapies, and biblio-poetry therapy, and extensive Internal Family Systems trainings, personal experience and self-study.

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