Internal Family Systems
A way to understand the protective parts of you with curiosity instead of judgment.
Therapy in Salt Lake City and across Utah
You can't always outthink what hurts.
Therapy can help you work with the thoughts, experiences, and patterns that keep holding on, so change becomes something you can feel.
- With
- Katie Christensen, LCSW
- Sessions
- In person and online
Mount Timpanogos, UtahPhoto by Cam Ballard
A place to start
Knowing why is not always the same as feeling different.
You may understand the pattern and still feel caught in it. Anxiety may keep asking for certainty. An old experience may still shape the present. A loss may have changed your world in ways other people do not see.
Katie helps you move beyond explaining the pain and make room to process it. You do not need a perfect story or a finished goal before you begin.
What may bring you here
Support for the things that keep taking up too much room.
Katie works with teens and adults in individual therapy, and also sees couples and groups. These are common reasons people reach out.
Trauma and PTSD
Past experiences can keep showing up in your body, relationships, and sense of safety long after the danger has passed.
OCD, intrusive thoughts, and anxiety
When thoughts demand certainty or rituals take over, therapy can help you respond with more freedom and less fear.
Grief and loss
Loss can change the shape of daily life. You do not need to rush it, minimize it, or carry it without support.
Addiction and substance use
We can look beneath the behavior with honesty and compassion, including the pain or protection it may be carrying.
Relationships, self-worth, and feeling stuck
People-pleasing, numbness, depression, and familiar relationship patterns often make sense once we understand what is underneath them.
How the work takes shape
More than talking around the problem.
Katie draws from several approaches and chooses them with you, based on what you are carrying and what helps you feel safe enough to do the work.
Brainspotting
A focused approach that can support processing when words and insight do not reach the whole experience.
Exposure and Response Prevention
A structured approach for OCD that helps you face uncertainty without relying on the compulsions that keep the cycle going.
Person-centered, trauma-focused care
The method matters, but the work stays grounded in your pace, your goals, and a relationship where you can be honest.
Meet your therapist
Hi, I'm Katie.
Reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable, especially when life has felt heavy for a long time. I want our work to be a place where you do not need to perform, hide parts of yourself, or have everything figured out.
My years in residential treatment shaped how I work with trauma, addiction, and painful life experiences. I am warm and collaborative, and I will also be honest and direct with you. We will pay attention to what your symptoms have been trying to do for you, then build a different way forward together.
- License
- Utah LCSW 14289169-3501
- Education
- Master of Social Work, Arizona State University
- Training
- Internal Family Systems Level 1 and Brainspotting
The practical details
A private place to do honest work.
- In person
- 4505 Wasatch Boulevard
Salt Lake City, UT 84124 - Online
- Telehealth sessions are available across Utah.
- Individual + couples
- $150 per session. Limited sliding-scale availability may apply.
Before you reach out
A few things you may want to know.
What happens first?
We start with a free 15-minute phone consultation. You can share what brings you to therapy, ask questions, and get a sense of whether working together feels right.
Do I need to know exactly what is wrong?
No. You may only know that the way things have been is not working anymore. That is enough of a place to begin.
Where are sessions available?
Katie Christensen offers in-person sessions at 4505 Wasatch Boulevard in Salt Lake City and online sessions for clients located in Utah.
What does a session cost?
Individual and couples sessions are $150. A limited number of sliding-scale spaces may be available. Ask Katie Christensen about current availability during your consultation.
Your next waypoint
We can start with one conversation.
A free 15-minute consultation gives you room to ask questions, share what is bringing you in, and decide whether working together feels right.