My name is Katie Snow (she/her). I am a licensed mental health provider in Oregon and Washington. I provide psychotherapy over a secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform across Oregon and Washington state.
My Experience:
I have been providing clinical services to individuals and families since 2004 and I have worked in social services more generally since 1998. While my years of experience are helpful in providing excellent care, I strive to continually inform my practice with the latest evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches.
I have worked in health care settings for many years, and I am comfortable working with individuals experiencing serious health issues as well as with health care providers.
Personal:
Originally from Washington (state), I have lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington, D.C., Michigan and my current home in the Portland, Oregon area. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, reading, traveling and being outdoors as much as possible.
My career has been shaped by my life experiences and I feel very fortunate to be able to do work that is meaningful and that can make a real difference in others’ lives.
Education:
Postgraduate Certificate, Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Licensure:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Oregon, Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers, #L6188
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Washington State Department of Health, #LW 61171128
Certifications:
Level C Certified Therapist, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute
Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Certification (PMH-C), Postpartum Support International
KINDNESS
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.
Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to gaze at bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.
From Words Under the Words: Selected Poems. Copyright © 1995 by Naomi Shihab Nye.