Katie Brumfield

Hi! I’m Katie, and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in Sacramento, California. I provide individual therapy, couple’s therapy, and Christian counseling to clients all across California. I received my Master’s degree in Marital and Family Therapy from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Before opening my private practice, I gained experience in a variety of settings, including residential treatment, community mental health, and the university setting.

My therapeutic orientation is person-centered, also known as client-centered or Rogerian. What this means is that as your therapist, I will prioritize building rapport with you because I see you as a unique individual and I believe your input is invaluable to the therapeutic process. Although I am always operating from my person-centered orientation, I may also include elements of CBT, DBT, and parts work into our sessions. For couple’s counseling, I also include both Gottman and EFT interventions.

On a personal note, I am an extrovert and spending time with my family and friends recharges me. I am a big self-care fan (bring on all the face masks and aromatherapy) and I’m too indecisive to stick to one hobby for long. In my down time, you can find me taking a mental health walk, binge watching a show with my husband, or trying to bond with my cute but temperamental parrot, Paco.

I take a warm and non-judgmental approach to therapy because it is so, so important to me that you feel like you can be open and real in our sessions. I try to lead by example by being authentic and honest, which also means being direct (yet still kind!) when needed.

I want to build a relationship with you that is real, open, and based on mutual respect. From that foundation, we can work together to nail down what your goals are and make a plan to reach those goals.

In addition to building our strong therapeutic relationship, which helps foster openness, honesty, and trust, you can expect:

• To talk about past or current experiences that have impacted your reasons for coming in to therapy. I know that might sound painful, but the reason for talking about these things in therapy is to give you the opportunity to make connections you might not have otherwise made, which means GROWTH. Growth means change.
• To go over different skills that you can practice or tools that you can use inside and outside of therapy. If we don’t do things differently, nothing changes, and I know you are coming in to therapy because you want some things to change.
• To check in on your goals and your progress from time to time. That way we can change the game plan as needed to make sure therapy is as effective for you as possible.