Kathleen M. Korndoerfer, MA, LPC-S, NCC, AAT

Kathleen is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado with a master’s degree in Counseling & Psychological Services from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (2014) and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Luther College (2011). Kathleen has 12 years of clinical experience providing individual and family counseling to children, adolescents, and adults struggling with symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress, Mood and Anxiety disorders, attachment disorders, and grief. Kathleen has also worked with children and teens experiencing relationship difficulties, emotional distress, suicidal ideation, and developmental or neurological difficulties. Kathleen has worked in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient community mental health, Child Advocacy Centers, nonprofit organizations, walk-in and mobile crisis units, and inpatient mental health facilities. Kathleen practices from a Person-Centered approach where she values the therapeutic relationship with each client and getting to know their individual needs. She aims to create a safe, supportive, and empowering environment where clients can meet their identified treatment goals. Kathleen integrates a variety of evidence-based approaches to meet individual needs and enjoys bringing art and other creative methods into her work with clients to support them in getting the most out of their counseling sessions. Kathleen has completed the following trainings and is competent to provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT-A), Attachment Centered Play Therapy, Children’s Bereavement Counseling, Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS Care), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Neurolinguistics Programming (NLP). Kathleen is also a trained Auricular Acupuncture Technician (AAT), and has completed training in applied psychophysiology (applied psychophysiology is the practice of using information about the connection between the mind and the body to improve physical, mental, and emotional health and to regulate and calm the central nervous system). Kathleen grew up in the Midwest and moved to Colorado after obtaining her master’s degree in 2014. She has lived and practiced in various parts of the state, including Denver, Ouray County, Steamboat Springs, and Durango. Kathleen, her husband, and two children call the Southeast Denver area home and have settled in Centennial, where they enjoy spending family time exploring all that the area has to offer.