Katie Light, LCSW, LSCSW

Katie Light is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Kansas and Missouri with seven years of professional experience. The LSCSW credential denotes specialized clinical social work training and the LCSW indicates licensure to provide clinical social work services. Over the course of her career she has served as a social worker, therapist, case manager, and client advocate, building a broad set of skills across diverse care settings.

Her clinical background includes positions in a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, an outpatient addiction rehabilitation facility, advocacy work at a domestic violence shelter, and supporting individuals in group homes. These varied roles have informed a flexible, strengths-based approach that adapts to the needs of each person she sees. She most commonly works with adults and young adults, helping them navigate complex symptoms and life transitions.

Katie draws from multiple evidence-informed modalities to tailor treatment to each individual. She frequently uses solution-focused brief therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She is comfortable blending approaches when that will better serve a client and emphasizes practical skills alongside trauma-focused work.

Trauma recovery is a central focus of her practice. She works with patterns that often emerge after traumatic experiences, including depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviors, post-traumatic stress reactions, anger, addictive behaviors, social withdrawal, and rapidly shifting moods. Katie approaches this work with compassion and a commitment to helping people build resilience and regain agency in their lives. For more information, her Psychology Today profile is available at https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/935408