If you've done therapy before and still feel like the real thing never got touched, that's not a failure on your part. I'm Katie Harley, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate and Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, a credential that trains me to work with the body and with movement, not just conversation, which matters for clients whose experiences live somewhere words haven't fully reached.

I work with adults and adult families using Internal Family Systems, somatic therapy, and polyvagal-informed care to reach what words alone can't, particularly around complex trauma and survival patterns rooted in childhood that still shape how someone responds to stress as an adult. I also draw on Gottman Method training for couples work within that same body-aware framework, and I'm completing my clinical hours toward full LMFT licensure alongside this specialized training.

I'm supervised by Brittany Thomas, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, so the somatic work I do carries dedicated clinical oversight, not just my own specialized training. I work with adult families as well as individuals, bringing that same body-aware lens to the relational patterns playing out between them.

Adults and couples who've tried talk therapy and want a somatic, body-inclusive approach to complex trauma tend to do well with me, in Tacoma or by telehealth across Washington, especially when naming the problem out loud never actually made it feel different.

Curious how somatic work actually feels before committing? Ask me first, then book when it makes sense. My Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist training means movement and body awareness are built into how I think about a session from the start, not something added on once talk therapy has stalled. This work is entirely optional and paced by you, nobody is required to do anything physical in a session they aren't ready for.