I am Katie Halstensgard (she/her), a therapist at Modern Wellness Family Counseling. I work with young children, adolescents, adults, and families. I’m game to talk about or work with you on just about anything you want to bring into the therapy space, but I especially enjoy working with those navigating recent or potential diagnoses of the “neurospicy” variety, such as ADHD, Autism, and OCD, supporting them as they discover how it impacts their parenting/partnering, their school/work relationships and experiences, and their overall whole-person health. I am also deeply committed to working with those who are processing traumatic experiences and relationships from childhood or young adulthood that are rooted in religion or their family/community of origin. I have training in a variety of therapy models, and tend towards utilizing integrative, affirming, and attachment-based approaches such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, and play-based or arts-based modalities. I am LGBTQ+ and Neurodiversity affirming and strive to provide first and foremost a safe, non-judgmental experience and therapeutic relationship with the folks I am working with.
I believe we are all uniquely wired AND that at the end of the day what we ALL are seeking and longing for is the same: a felt-sense and reliable experience of love, safety, connection, and belonging. It can start in therapy. I won’t be able to “fix” you – there’s actually nothing to “fix.” You are not broken. It’s possible you are stuck in patterns, cycles, or systems that are no longer serving you. It’s possible you are exhausted from years of trying to protect yourself from pain or rejection. It’s possible you are living in situations of chronic stress and strain that seem impossible to continue navigating on your own as is. But YOU are not something that is broken and in need of repair. You are good. You are innately able to heal. You are uniquely qualified to grow and flourish in ways that only you can. It’s okay if you don’t believe that yet. I do, and you can borrow some of my belief until you feel able to produce and hold onto your own. Taking the risk to hope – to believe just enough in the possibility of change that you are willing to try – is one of the bravest things you can ever do for yourself, your loved one, and your community, and it is my greatest joy and honor to partner with you and your loved one on such a journey.
Katie is in network with Aetna, Cigna, Molina Medicaid, Absolute Total Care Medicaid, Healthy Connections Medicaid, Select Health Medicaid, Humana Medicaid, and has self pay options.
