Dr. Katie Fields, LMHC LMFT
Hello! I'm Katie and I am a Licensed Mental Health and Marriage and Family Therapist. What I really enjoy helping people with has also been my personal journey: finding and befriending my self and learning to use the content of life and relationships as opportunities to grow.
This has led me to a spiritual awakening where I am now more engaged with this life than ever before. This has brought me to a crossroads with my counseling career. I no longer feel like a mental health and marriage and family therapist. Instead, I have become a counSOULer, where I want to practice at soul level.
My personal journey has shown me how deeply meaningful life can be. I used to be incredibly anxious and a stranger to myself. I was a people pleaser, worried others would reject and leave me alone. I felt I couldn't rely on others. I was a mirage in relationships, reflecting what I assumed others wanted me to be in effort to feel secure. I did all of this out of fear.
Over the past several years, I've learned to fear less and be more through the types of therapy I offer my clients. Those therapies include:
This has led me to a spiritual awakening where I am now more engaged with this life than ever before. This has brought me to a crossroads with my counseling career. I no longer feel like a mental health and marriage and family therapist. Instead, I have become a counSOULer, where I want to practice at soul level.
My personal journey has shown me how deeply meaningful life can be. I used to be incredibly anxious and a stranger to myself. I was a people pleaser, worried others would reject and leave me alone. I felt I couldn't rely on others. I was a mirage in relationships, reflecting what I assumed others wanted me to be in effort to feel secure. I did all of this out of fear.
Over the past several years, I've learned to fear less and be more through the types of therapy I offer my clients. Those therapies include:
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Enneagram
- Spirituality
I really enjoy helping people of all ages understand themselves. I grew up curious, wondering, "Why do people do the things they do?" I use an experiential therapy that explores our dynamic inner world in such a way that gives names and roles to the various parts of our personality. Becoming familiar with these parts and their roles reveals a story of your unique development and corresponding magnificence. I find that there is a valid reason for our emotions and behaviors. Often, our lived experience burdens us with developing protective mechanisms that can then inhibit our present and future lives and relationships. This therapy, called Internal Family Systems (IFS), provides a structure to explore one's inner world. Embodying curiosity, we understand the roles and relationships among our parts and learn to appreciate parts for the roles they took on for our sense of safety and security. Understanding helps us recognize when parts are burdened from the past and gives the opportunity to release parts of their burdening roles so that they can serve in more desirable and fulfilling ways. This is certainly one of my favorite ways of facilitating emotional and relational wellbeing. It is also a wonderful way to improve our relationships with other people as the work we do internally often reflects externally
Another of my major contributions is helping adults heal from childhood trauma. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is an effective and efficient, evidence-based treatment for trauma. I consider it "surgery" for emotional and relational "injuries" that continue to affect the present. This therapy focuses on negative beliefs we have about ourselves and the memories that created and reinforced those beliefs.
I use the Enneagram personality test to help give language to your lived experience. The Enneagram is an ancient tool for understanding ourselves and each other. It has thrived over generations, in many cultures, and is the only personality tool that I know of that accounts for how our personality gets populated during childhood. The Enneagram paired with IFS and EMDR can be a powerful roadmap for healing. If you are interested in your Enneagram personality type, click here to take a 15 minute quiz. You can learn more about Enneagram types and relationships from The Enneagram Institute.
Finally, in greater support, I offer spiritual tools for those who are interested, to explore deeper insight into one's life purpose and patterns. I'm trained in using oracle cards and Reiki for deep healing and personal growth. These tools do not require any particular spiritual beliefs. Some of what I share comes from Carl Jung's understanding of the unconscious and collective conscious. These spiritual offerings are meant to reflect your inner knowing and becoming. Bringing spirituality into therapy can take healing to the next level.
Another of my major contributions is helping adults heal from childhood trauma. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is an effective and efficient, evidence-based treatment for trauma. I consider it "surgery" for emotional and relational "injuries" that continue to affect the present. This therapy focuses on negative beliefs we have about ourselves and the memories that created and reinforced those beliefs.
I use the Enneagram personality test to help give language to your lived experience. The Enneagram is an ancient tool for understanding ourselves and each other. It has thrived over generations, in many cultures, and is the only personality tool that I know of that accounts for how our personality gets populated during childhood. The Enneagram paired with IFS and EMDR can be a powerful roadmap for healing. If you are interested in your Enneagram personality type, click here to take a 15 minute quiz. You can learn more about Enneagram types and relationships from The Enneagram Institute.
Finally, in greater support, I offer spiritual tools for those who are interested, to explore deeper insight into one's life purpose and patterns. I'm trained in using oracle cards and Reiki for deep healing and personal growth. These tools do not require any particular spiritual beliefs. Some of what I share comes from Carl Jung's understanding of the unconscious and collective conscious. These spiritual offerings are meant to reflect your inner knowing and becoming. Bringing spirituality into therapy can take healing to the next level.
Generally, I would say I specialize in emotional and relational health, particularly helping people feel more secure and at ease with themselves and others. I help people understand why they do the things they do.
Awareness is the first step towards change. When you become aware you then have a choice about how you'd like to proceed. I help people turn off "autopilot" and be more present in their existence, making conscious decisions about how they want to show up for themselves and others.
If you'd like to learn more, feel free to click here and explore my website Fearless CounSouling.
Awareness is the first step towards change. When you become aware you then have a choice about how you'd like to proceed. I help people turn off "autopilot" and be more present in their existence, making conscious decisions about how they want to show up for themselves and others.
If you'd like to learn more, feel free to click here and explore my website Fearless CounSouling.
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