Katherine
Cacciola
Therapist
Katherine Cacciola
Therapist
Katherine Cacciola, MHC-LP, MA is a psychotherapist who provides individualized, neurodivergence-affirming care to children, teens, and adults, including parents, creative professionals, and those navigating complex life transitions. Her work is grounded in a deep respect for each client’s unique experience, and she brings a collaborative spirit to every therapeutic relationship.
Kat integrates psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and mindfulness-based therapies, and is trained in Brainspotting, a neurophysiological trauma modality, as well as Exposure and Response Prevention (ExRP) for OCD.
She holds a Master’s in Counseling from Northwestern University and has a professional background in education and classical music. Kat works with children and adolescents around emotional, social, and developmental challenges; supports adults through periods of identity exploration, burnout, and personal growth; and helps parents and families strengthen communication and deepen connection.
Her specialties include neurodivergence (including autism, ADHD, and OCD), trauma and intergenerational trauma, identity development, and family conflict, including nuanced work around communication between parents and children or within couples. Her approach often blends the mind-body-soul connection with creative tools, humor, and a strong attunement to the lived realities of neurodivergent individuals.
Kat’s practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming, culturally responsive, and rooted in a relational model that values emotional safety, trust, and collaboration. Clients describe her as thoughtful, intuitive, and consistently present, with a gift for helping others feel truly seen and understood.
EXPERTISE
Individuals, couples, and families
Children, adolescents, and adults
Dating + relationships
Trauma
Women's issues
ADHD
Autism
OCD
Anxiety
Parenting
Life transitions
LGBTQIA+
Boundary issues
Communication skills
Self-care
THERAPY APPROACHES
Psychodynamic therapy
Brainspotting
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ExRP)
Strengths-based
Solutions-focused
Mindfulness, grounding, resourcing
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Autism
“The impulse to heal is real and powerful and lies within the client. Our job is to evoke that healing power… and support it in its expression and development. We are not the healers. We are the context in which healing is inspired.”
- Ron Kurtz
- Ron Kurtz
Trauma
“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness...Trauma is about loss of connection—to ourselves, our bodies, our families, to others, and to the world around us. This disconnection is often hard to recognize because it doesn't happen all at once but rather over time.”
- Peter Levine
- Peter Levine
OCD
“A lot of people assume that having OCD means liking things organized or hating germs. It tends to be treated like a quirk or an endearing trait. But it's so much more than that. It's the one thing that prohibits me from being free of myself.”
- Whitney Amazeen
ADHD
“Think of having ADHD in this way… You have a ‘Ferrari’ brain but with ‘Chevy’ brakes.”
- Jonathan Mooney
- Jonathan Mooney