Katherine "Kate" McDonald, LPC, LPCC

Katherine "Kate" McDonald is a licensed counselor with more than 13 years of experience working with adolescents and adults across a range of concerns. She was raised in Virginia, earned her undergraduate degree at Virginia Commonwealth University, and moved to Colorado in 2012 to complete a master’s degree in forensic psychology at the University of Denver. Her professional background has been centered in community mental health, where she has focused on addiction, trauma, mood disorders, and anxiety. Kate meets people where they are, listens carefully, and partners with them to identify goals and practical steps forward while honoring each person’s inherent worth and dignity.

Her therapeutic work often draws from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based techniques, and she has additional training in Brainspotting to support healing that involves the mind-body connection. She holds LPC and LPCC licenses, which are state credentials that authorize her to practice as a professional counselor. Outside of work she enjoys spending time outdoors with family, knitting, bullet journaling, and tending to houseplants, and she brings a calm, attentive presence to clinical work informed by both training and lived experience.

Kate has provided care in diverse settings and adapts her approach to fit each person’s needs, helping people address stress, relationships, substance concerns, trauma, mood challenges, and life transitions.