Kat McNiece

Meet Kat

Licensed Social Worker

Kat received her masters in social work from the University of Denver. She has been passionate about professionally and personally implementing integrative therapies for years. Before discovering her true calling to be a therapist, she worked as a behavioral therapist for children with autism spectrum disorder. After completing her yoga teacher training certification (RYT-200), Kat worked in integrative health care as a chiropractic assistant where she gained a deeper appreciation of how the nervous system, spine, and stress are connected.

Kat regards the body as an integration of the physical, emotional, and mental. Her personal journey has given her an understanding of inner and outer connectedness and the body's innate ability to heal on all levels of being. She believes that how we relate to others begins with our relationship to ourselves. With a passion for supporting neurodiversity, gender diversity, and sexual empowerment and freedom, Kat combines therapy, movement, nature, and mindfulness to strengthen the mind-body connection and help individuals thrive.

Kat has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in functional and behavioral health settings. She is also experienced working with folks from the LGBTQIPA+, ethical nonmonogamy, and kink/BDSM communities. Kat deeply values strengths-based, person-centered, social justice-oriented approaches. She utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to support her clients. Kat is experienced working with trauma, anxiety, stress, perfectionism, relationship and intimacy issues, sexuality/gender identity exploration, life transitions, grief and loss, and OCD.

She is passionate about supporting individuals with OCD and is particularly interested in perfectionistic, relationship, and sexual/gender subtypes of OCD.

Kat is excited to partner with Kairos Wellness Collective to provide quality OCD treatment for individuals of all ages!

Kat is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW.0009924148) in the state of Colorado.

Education:

Master’s Degree in Social Work- University of Denver
Bachelor’s Degree in Art History - Columbia College of Chicago

Training:

OCD and Substance Use Disorders - NOCD - 2023
CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) Suicide Prevention Training & Risk Assessment Foundations Course and Role-Playing Course -August 2023
Did I Lock the Door?: Treating OCD with EMDR Therapy, Exposure and Response, and Ego State Therapy - The Steve Frankel Group - 2023
OCD in Adults: Symptoms, Assessment and An Introduction to First-Line Treatments - NOCD 2023
EMDR - EMDR Center of the Rockies 2023
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Noeticus 2022
Intro to ERP for Clinicians - 2022
Kink, BDSM, and Mental Health - 2022
Treating Trauma: The ACT Matrix - 2022
Understanding Polyamory - 2022
Referral Letters for Gender Affirming Medical Care - 2022
Chiropractic Assistant and Physiotherapy Specialty Training 2017
Acupuncture Specialty Training 2017
Personal Crisis Management (PCMA) 2014
Yoga Instructor (RYT) Younique Yoga 2014
Chicago Precision Teaching 2012