Hi, I’m Kaitlin Hickman, an Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor, with my Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bellevue University, and I provide therapy under clinical supervision. I work with all ages, children, teens, adults, and older adults, and I aim to create a space where clients feel heard, validated, accepted, empowered, and emotionally safe from the very first session.
I’m known for being genuine, calming, and affirming, and for creating a space where clients can show up as their full selves. I bring a strong empowerment lens to therapy, especially for clients navigating identity exploration, relational stress, trauma recovery, or major life transitions. My goal is for you to leave sessions feeling accepted, steadier, and more confident in your ability to cope and make choices that align with your values.
My clinical experience includes supporting clients navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, identity exploration, and relational conflict. I especially connect with teens experiencing bullying, survivors of sexual violence, women seeking empowerment, members of the LGBTQ+ community, older adults, and individuals coping with medical or health conditions that impact mental well-being.
My approach is warm, person-centered, and trauma-informed, meaning therapy is collaborative and paced to fit your needs. Depending on your goals, I may integrate strategies from CBT, ACT, and DBT-informed skills, and with children and teens, I may incorporate play-based approaches to help emotions feel more accessible and manageable. Whether you’re looking for healing, support, clarity, or practical coping tools, I’ll meet you with compassion, honesty, and deep respect for your story.
Specialties, Therapy Approach, and Client Focus
Finding the right therapist is about both expertise and fit. Below are the concerns this therapist commonly supports, the therapy approaches they may use, and the client communities and life stages they have experience working with.
Therapy Approaches
Therapy is tailored to your goals, needs, and pace. Depending on what you are working through, this therapist may draw from approaches such as:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Eclectic Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Trauma Informed
Concerns I Help With
This therapist supports clients navigating emotional, relational, and life challenges such as:
- Sex Positive
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Co-Occuring Disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Codependency
- Age 6+
- Furries
- LGBTQ Issues
- Postpartum Issues
- Trans Issues
- OCD
- Adolescents/Teens
- Anxiety
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Faith Transition
- Identity Issues
- Interpersonal Conflict
- LGBTQIA+ friendly
- Religious Trauma
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Assault and Abuse Survivors
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Trauma and PTSD
- ADHD
- Adults
- Family Conflict
- Gender-Affirming Therapy
- Developmental Delays
- Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
- Career Stress
- Career Counseling
- Trauma
- Panic Disorder/Panic Attacks
- Gay
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, and Postpartum
- Suicidal Ideation
- LGBTQIA+ Identity Exploration and Support
Client Focus
This therapist welcomes clients from a range of backgrounds, identities, and life stages, including:
- Sex Positive
- Gottman
- Play Therapy
- Gender Issues
- HIV/AIDS
- Senior Adults
- LGBTQ Issues
- LGBTQIA+ friendly
- Religious Trauma
- Cultural and Systemic Oppression
- Gender-Affirming Therapy
- Gender Identity
- Career Counseling
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- All ages
- LGBTQIA+ Identity Exploration and Support
- Women’s Issues
- Open to Anything
If this is an emergency or you may be in immediate danger, call 911 or call/text 988 for immediate crisis support.