https://www.aredthread.net/updates daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://www.aredthread.net/updates/Blog Post Title One-hk8st monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/6df545c4-9862-4800-96c7-1a79f6870170/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Updates - podcast interview: licensure in drama therapy At the 2022 North American Drama Therapy Association, I presented on the state of licensure in our field within a historical context of colonization. Jess Elwart and Jon DeAngelis were kind enough to invite me to interview on their podcast, Drama Therapy Radio, to discuss this pressing issue for Creative Arts Therapists. Listen here. https://www.aredthread.net/updates/-upcoming-training-trauma-centered-psychotherapy monthly 0.5 2024-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/3148f429-a38e-46b9-92a3-34d588aff97c/Trauma-Centered+Psychotherapy+12-Hour+Intensive.png Updates - upcoming training: trauma-centered psychotherapy Once again, I’ll be teaching a two-day virtual intensive on Trauma-Centered Psychotherapy Techniques at Wilfrid Laurier University as part of their Trauma Certificate. This workshop always attracts a great mix of experienced practitioners across many disciplines. Join us for a fun two-day trauma-centered whirlwind! Learn more here. https://www.aredthread.net/updates/-new-blog-post-on-partial-recovery-from-the-pandemic monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://www.aredthread.net/drama-therapy daily 0.75 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/d89fae91-3b6a-459f-908c-b872255d4021/purple-hand-thread.png What is drama therapy? - what is drama therapy? Drama therapy takes elements from theater — such as performance, storytelling, and improvisation — and uses them to facilitate healing. It can be a as simple as telling a story from “Once upon a time…” or as complex as a full-length piece of live theater. No matter how small or big the process, drama therapy never neglects the body. Drama therapy can help people re-story life experiences that haunt them, putting old ghosts back where they belong. I have helped people convey and transform their lived experiences through live performance, video, music, fine art, ritual, and improvisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c1a4df26-5292-41f8-b787-474aac390ee5/purple+headless+labyrinth.png What is drama therapy? what is developmental transformations (dvt)? Developmental Transformations (DvT) is a drama therapy modality that uses embodied, experiential improvisation and play to uncover unconscious feelings that are not always easy to verbalize. If you have ever thought therapy would be better rolling around on the floor and screaming, DvT is for you! DvT is also for you if you would prefer curling up in a ball in the corner, enacting the demise of your enemies, or being able to experience natural human touch in a mutual way. DvT is whatever you can imagine, in a playspace that is co-created together. 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My name is Kat, and I am a drama therapist. I am interested in helping people to: shoo away old ghosts re-story life experiences speak truth about systemic oppression solve complex puzzles get un-stuck Whether I am teaching, supervising, or engaging in a healing process, my approach involves curiosity, humor, play, and combating the avoidance that plagues us from confronting traumatic and difficult truths. https://www.aredthread.net/contact-0 daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c2a333b3-0ddf-4b44-90bc-0d39eeac234c/moon.png Contact https://www.aredthread.net/our-approach daily 0.75 2021-10-29 https://www.aredthread.net/who-i-am daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1648744835080-0YDSFQ5JWGFBKDODU1IA/New-York-University-Logo.png Who I Am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1648745180862-PCNM33WHQU1D2Y86HHC2/unsplash-image-5zp0jym2w9M.jpg Who I Am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1648745227406-RQTNQQZPL8DABXT62OEA/unsplash-image-WdNTHwtGjv0.jpg Who I Am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1648745315315-WGI3P937V6YATQECZNUX/unsplash-image-m7Cb4AnzKPc.jpg Who I Am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1648745470947-AIWHQNCN1BCECJP1VHVG/Screen%252BShot%252B2022-03-22%252Bat%252B7.49.49%252BPM.jpg Who I Am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/de86d6ef-d89a-440e-95f3-2220d33422b5/IMG_4840-crop-desat.jpg Who I Am - Who i am. I am a queer, cisgender, white woman with Puerto Rican and Lebanese heritage. My pronouns are she/her. Originally from midwestern USA, I am now based in New England. I strive to root my teaching and clinical work in a decolonial, liberatory framework that takes into account systemic historical harm while honoring cultural and ancestral healing practices. I am interested in deconstructing Western mental health frameworks with a critical eye, asking Why? Who says? and How did this come to be? https://www.aredthread.net/a-red-thread daily 0.75 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7368f073-461b-4654-ad43-d4e115ab652f/yarn-labyrinth+on+gray-8.png A Red Thread - “A red thread” (n.) a theme woven throughout a narrative Like many archetypes, the image of the red thread appears across time and cultures. In Eastern philosophies, it can represent fate, connection, or protection. In Greek mythology, it represents a way back home. In the Greek myth, Theseus enters a labyrinth to slay a dark and dangerous beast: the minotaur. But he cannot navigate the maze alone. To help him mark his way, Ariadne gives him a red thread to trace his steps back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7c2b1806-4e84-4a53-9d89-2fe667eccf08/reed+headless+labyrinth-green-sml.png A Red Thread Fate, connection, protection, and a journey home. All of these appear when we undertake trauma work. Confronting a psychic struggle is not unlike walking into a labyrinth, full of twists and turns, in pursuit of an ominous and frightening thing. The healing process happens when, like Theseus, we prepare to face the beast head-on. And just like the Greek hero, we cannot navigate this labyrinth alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/07cbded2-461b-43e7-aad1-6d81076044eb/green+hands+hold+labyrinth.jpg A Red Thread As a drama therapist and psychotherapist, I believe my job is like that of Ariadne. I cannot slay the beast for anyone, but I can help them mark their way along the path, navigating the dark corners alongside them, leaving a trail of red thread for us to find our way back to the present. https://www.aredthread.net/supervision daily 0.75 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/07cbded2-461b-43e7-aad1-6d81076044eb/green+hands+hold+labyrinth.jpg Supervision - supervision As a consulting supervisor, I am interested in transparent collaboration. I will sit in the mess with you as we puzzle through stuck points together. I enjoy getting to know your clients as human beings vicariously through you, and helping you develop your own unique clinical identity. I will lovingly hold you accountable to critically examine your own identity in relationship to your clients, and how it relates to power dynamics and countertransference. This applies to our relationship as well. I will hold myself accountable to address discomfort or hurt that you experience in the supervisory relationship, and use this as an opportunity for us to practice experiencing the cycle of rupture and repair. I specialize in supervising practitioners who are doing trauma-centered work and/or Developmental Transformations. I also have experience supervising other modalities of drama therapy and other mental health specializations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c1a4df26-5292-41f8-b787-474aac390ee5/purple+headless+labyrinth.png Supervision - a few thoughts on shame A primary theme that I notice over and over again—in trauma work, in cultural work, in systems, and in teaching—is shame. Lived experience and previous harm within educational settings can deeply influence a person’s sense of safety and vulnerability in the supervisory or teaching relationship. Likewise, many teaching and work environments have caused real harm. There is no such thing as a relationship that is preserved from harm; however, I aim to create a learning environment in which harm, impasse, and activation can be discussed without fear of judgment or punishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7f7928c5-a965-4fde-a38f-df054255ebe7/hands+on+labyrinth-dark-wide.jpg Supervision - Rates I operate on a sliding scale which you can review here. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. https://www.aredthread.net/drama-therapy-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7653a85d-4543-4aac-908d-c0ddcceecb84/red+book-crop.png drama therapy (Old) - drama therapy In my own practice, I enjoy helping people re-story life experiences that haunt them, putting old ghosts back where they belong. Together we can: Explore where you are on your Hero’s Journey* Confront and re-story trauma narratives Release stress in the the body through play I have helped people convey and transform their lived experiences through live performance, video, music, fine art, ritual, and improvisation. Whatever stuckness you are struggling with, we can explore it through a medium that speaks to you. I have worked with all ages, from infancy to adulthood. Drama therapy is for every body. We can shape the experience to address your needs. Learn more about what drama therapy looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/1ef371b4-fcce-40af-a9b8-5ed9ca89784a/unsplash-image-EP6_VZhzXM8.jpg drama therapy (Old) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aredthread.net/dvt-training daily 0.75 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c1a4df26-5292-41f8-b787-474aac390ee5/purple+headless+labyrinth.png Developmental Transformations (DvT) Training - dvt training Students pursuing graduation from the Institute of Developmental Transformations are required to accrue 60 hours of experiences as a player with a graduated practitioner. DvT training sessions are a strange and fun combination of working on yourself while working on mastery of the method. We can use this opportunity to play with past, present, and/or future issues that warrant more embodied exploration, while staying attuned to meta aspects of the technique. Many people do their DvT training sessions concordantly with continuing to see their primary therapist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/0835121e-d808-42c2-a4bb-96dac9c0ef3e/office.png Developmental Transformations (DvT) Training - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aredthread.net/consultation daily 0.75 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7f7928c5-a965-4fde-a38f-df054255ebe7/hands+on+labyrinth-dark-wide.jpg Trauma-Informed Consultation & Teaching - consultation Large institutions and agencies often struggle to provide enough trauma-informed support to their staff and the people they serve. I have provided consultation nationally for educators, administrators, and clinicians serving communities weighed down by the systemic disenfranchisement that perpetuates cycles of trauma. Whether your organization needs vicarious trauma support for a burnt-out staff, or support developing trauma-informed practices for those you serve, I would be excited to collaborate with you. Contact me to see if I might be a good match for your needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/5b0cfdb2-2559-4ff6-bafb-0ff0a5e4cd25/red+book-crop.png Trauma-Informed Consultation & Teaching - teaching I come from multiple generations of educators, and I consider training clinicians to be a great honor and privilege. I have had the opportunity to teach and train a diverse array of people in helping professions—creative arts therapists, graduate students, social workers, mental health counselors—from novices to seasoned practitioners. I have taught courses on cross-cultural awareness and trauma-centered psychotherapy, and led workshops on multiple topics exploring how identity and trauma interact in the clinical space. Download my CV or contact me to learn more. https://www.aredthread.net/get-started daily 0.75 2022-04-03 https://www.aredthread.net/resources daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/ac564aa5-64be-4d8d-911c-07b94a40e590/burnout.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/dc79969f-b2b1-43bc-8e6b-3853dc61c774/codep.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7a090bb7-4a86-4dfb-bc2f-0bc80a3a4695/m.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7963ac42-979a-4841-9450-b7b665ea2dee/41581KOkGrL.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/4ef3790e-c67e-45fb-98b6-88924f55a55c/RAINResources.jpg https://www.aredthread.net/tcdt daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7653a85d-4543-4aac-908d-c0ddcceecb84/red+book-crop.png Trauma-Centered Drama Therapy - My Approach I work with individuals who feel that past histories of harm are impacting their lives in the present, and feel ready to examine the stories of what happened to them. I incorporate various levels of artistic expression depending on the person’s comfort level and interest. Dedicating my practice to trauma-centered work, rather than being a generalist, has allowed me to hone my skills over the past decade and focus on the work I truly love. I utilize imaginal exposure to help take the power away from traumatic memories. I guide individuals to recount their narratives in detail. Instead of being ambushed by memories in isolation and without control—in flashbacks, nightmares, and intrusive thoughts—we revisit them together in a controlled setting. By doing this repeatedly, we can take the power away from secrets and perpetrators, making space for grief and healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c1a4df26-5292-41f8-b787-474aac390ee5/purple+headless+labyrinth.png Trauma-Centered Drama Therapy - This work may align with you if: Other therapies have failed to help with symptoms related to trauma, such as intrusive thoughts, images, or memories; flashbacks; hypervigilance; and relationship disruption Other providers have indicated that they can’t handle talking about your trauma, or given you implicit signals to remain silent about your story You like the idea of incorporating artistic expression into your healing, which might include processes like: Roleplay Creative writing Improvisational play Multimedia Mask work Or simply talking through the narrative of your life so far and considering things like: Do I want to change this narrative? What parts of this narrative are mine versus what others have told me? How does the way I tell my story impact how I feel about my story? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/7f7928c5-a965-4fde-a38f-df054255ebe7/hands+on+labyrinth-dark-wide.jpg Trauma-Centered Drama Therapy - Rates I do not accept insurance. I operate on a sliding scale which you can review here. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. https://www.aredthread.net/contact daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fd94789546de755961f896/c2a333b3-0ddf-4b44-90bc-0d39eeac234c/moon.png Contact - LEAVE