Kate Goodell

Kate Goodell is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) able to serve clients based in Maryland. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and her Master of Social Work ( M S ) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.

Kate has gained experience in a variety of settings including medical centers, treatment foster care agencies, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient mental health clinics, school systems and in private practice. She has been a trauma-focused clinical therapist for over 20 years. Her primary focus is working with older adolescents and adults. She has received specialized training in mindfulness based stress reduction, and sound healing, EMDR, and breathwork.

Kate employs an integrative approach to holistic healing and whole self-living, intertwining disciplines from Western psychology, trauma-informed modalities, and Eastern mind-body-spirit practices such as Breathwork, Sound Healing and Qigong. As a therapist educated in somatic psychology, she appreciates the natural wisdom of the body and promotes embodiment as a path to wholeness. Through her compassionate and non-judgmental approach, she creates a secure, supportive space for clients to explore their thoughts, feelings and experiences. Kate is a resilience informed therapist whereby she and the client access internal and external strengths and resources, increase distress tolerance and reprocess traumatic events safely. Kate invites each client to welcome and honor all parts of the self, including both the wounded and unwounded parts, acknowledging the pain carried by wounded parts of self. By focusing on balancing of the nervous system, mindful responses to life events emerge. Kate is committed to assisting individuals achieve balance and inner peace, embodiment, self-compassion and self-empowerment.

Kate utilizes a variety of therapeutic approaches into her practice, EMDR, Polyvagal Theory, Biodynamic Breathwork Trauma Release, Somatic Therapy, Sound Healing, Parts Work, Mind- Body therapies and Psychodynamic Therapy. Practices facilitate the release of deeply held emotions that may have been accumulated during distressing, painful and stressful life experiences. Increasing research indicates that the body holds memory of our life experiences leading to emotional, mental and physical health issues. Through the application of varied modalities, clients can somatically release deeply held tension that carries emotional wounding. These releases lead to significant shifts in conditioned thought and behavior patterns and offer a birthplace to new, healthy and adaptive ways of engaging the world. This transformative process nurtures the development of compassion, kindness, awareness of the wisdom inherent in each person and a profound connection with one's inner self. Clients learn to have unconditional love for themselves, to feel safe in their bodies, to make choices that support optimal functioning and transform conditioning that might have caused disconnection from self and the world.

By connecting more deeply with ourselves, we learn how to connect more deeply with others. Regular engagement in these techniques leads to enhanced grounding, inner peace, contentment, symptom reduction, increased emotional resilience, increased distress tolerance, and overall well-being. Relationships improve, health improves and our hearts are re-awakened.

This is work that steps out of disconnection and leans deeply into connection and integration of self.

Whether you're looking for ways to transform your relationship with past traumas, develop strategies to manage anxiety and stress, cultivate your system's capacity to manage intense feeling states and manage life's stressors in a balanced and safe way, Kate's holistic, client-centered approach can offer the guidance and support you. Her wide range of therapeutic techniques caters to your individual needs, fostering personal growth and wellness. She is honored to invite clients to embark on this warrior healing journey towards restorative integration, holistic self-care, inner peace, personal balance and compassionate living.