Catherine Elzie, LCSW

Catherine Elzie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with extensive experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment. She brings 15 years of professional work in mental health and two decades of experience in substance abuse treatment to a collaborative, client-centered practice that honors each person as the expert on their own life.

Clients find her warm, non-judgmental, and validating; she can also be irreverent and will use humor when it feels appropriate. Catherine practices from a body-positive, Healthy at Every Size (HAES) perspective and offers LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive care. Her clinical focus includes trauma and post-traumatic stress, LGBTQ issues, veteran concerns including combat and non-combat PTSD and culturally competent care for women and LGBTQ+ veterans, as well as mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz (2005) and a Master of Social Work from the University of Nevada, Reno (2008). Catherine is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD, and Motivational Interviewing. She also draws on evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Narrative and Solution-Focused methods, and trauma-focused therapies to tailor treatment to each person's needs.

Catherine is licensed to practice in New Mexico and Oregon and provides care in English. She is not currently accepting new clients.