Approach
Kate’s passion is helping others through life’s challenges. She has a warm and compassionate approach, and values building strong, trusting relationships with her clients. She provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to navigate stressors through both talk and play-based approaches, and supports the development of confidence and self-esteem through her person-centered, strengths based approaches.
Specialties
Kate’s areas of expertise include helping children, adolescents, and young adults navigate anxiety, stress, life transitions, relationships, friendships, health concerns, and grief and loss. She is dedicated to helping her clients build resilience so they feel empowered to face challenges with confidence.
Kate also has extensive experience supporting parents as they manage their children’s emotional and behavioral needs. Additionally, she has a professional interest in supporting women and couples through infertility and pregnancy loss.
Kate is also working alongside her Certified Therapy Dog, Penny. Penny is an Australian Labradoodle and was certified through Creature Comfort in 2025. Penny has enjoyed working with Kate and students from kindergarten through high school as they navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and school/community events that impact student functioning and well-being. Clients have the choice to opt into having Penny participate in their sessions.
Training and Credentials
Kate is a Licensed Associate Counselor in the state of New Jersey and a New Jersey certified school counselor. She brings over fifteen years of experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Her professional background includes roles as a special education teacher, school counselor, and most recently, a school administrator overseeing counseling and mental health services in a Morris County school district.
Kate earned her Bachelor’s degree from DeSales University in Elementary and Special Education, her Master’s degree in Counseling from Montclair State University, and holds a post-master’s Supervisor Certificate in K-12 education from New Jersey City University.
Kate is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University.
Meet the Team
