Katarina Abed, MA, LPCC

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Katarina has a passion for creating a safe and supportive space where her clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment. Katarina focuses on forming collaborative relationships where each client’s needs are met with genuineness, empathy, and warmth. She holds space for client’s in all parts of their healing journey and believes that her client’s are the authorities of their own lives.

Katarina possesses experience in providing therapy to individuals of various ages and diverse backgrounds. She enjoys working with teens and adults. Throughout her career, Katarina has delivered treatment in various environments, including outpatient, homes, schools, and telehealth platforms. Katarina has supported clients with a range of mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and PTSD. Additionally, Katarina has offered assistance to individuals coping with anger management, life transitions, body image and self esteem related issues, grief, and issues faced by the LGBTQA+ community.

Katarina employs a client-centered and trauma-informed lens and places the client at the center of her approach. Her goal is to create a space characterized by safety, openness, trust, mutual respect, and empowerment for her clients. Katarina integrates interventions including mindfulness, grounding, motivational interviewing, and other tools for emotional regulation to assist clients in fostering a deeper connection between their mind and body.

Katarina is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and obtained her Master of Arts in Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The University of Akron.