Kat Brown (She/Her/Hers) is a clinical social worker in training and a current MSW student at the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated from Lewis and Clark College, a small liberal arts school in Portland, OR, with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Health Studies. She also focused heavily on neuroscience and neuropsychology during her
undergraduate career. Kat recently completed an internship at Family First, working with parents involved in Travis County’s child welfare system. During her time in college, Kat was introduced to DBT by her Clinical Psychology professor, and shortly after, she began an internship at Portland DBT Institute. She quickly became passionate about DBT, especially as she witnessed how the modality aided in her mental health journey.
After graduating, Kat began a clinical position at Portland DBT as a facilitator of standard adult and eating disorder intensive outpatient groups. At the clinic, Kat witnessed first-hand the transformative power of human connection, non-judgmentalness, and radical empathy. Kat’s clinical style is humanistic, trauma-informed, emotion-focused, and mindfulness-based. She enjoys walking with clients along their journey to a life worth living and highly values the clinician and client relationship. She believes empathy, openness, and trust are the cornerstones of a positive therapeutic alliance. Kat emphasizes the importance of experiencing emotion and being mindful of the current moment in her work with clients.
Kat currently resides in Austin, Texas with her Fiancée. In her free time, Kat enjoys climbing, yoga, meditation, paddle boarding, and surfing. She is also a big foodie, and always enjoys trying new places to eat!
