I’m KateAs a therapist and coach who has ADHD and ADHD-related OCD, I know what it feels like to live with time blindness, intrusive thoughts, compulsive checking, lack of organization, emotion dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, and the never ending shame spiral. Fifteen jobs across five countries, a slew of unfinished projects, never having the confidence in myself to finish anything — Iife indeed felt like staring at the base of a huge mountain without the energy or gear to climb it.
When I finally got my diagnosis in adulthood — it was a lightbulb 💡 moment! Through my masters in mental health counseling at the University of Pennsylvania and my clinical and coaching trainings, I immersed myself in everything about ADHD and OCD and was able to rewire my brain through the strategies and tools specific to these conditions. As a result of my own learning and growth, I’ve come to believe that change can happen for everyone.
“I’m passionate about helping neurodivergent and anxious brains grow to discover their worth and potential. ”
You need somebody who understands why your brain 🧠 works the way it does — work with it, not against it.
How I Can Help
My Specialties
“I’ve always known I had potential but it wasn’t until I worked with Kate and learned the tools to manage my ADHD, that I was able to harness that potential. That I was able to find it.” – Caleb L., coaching client
By working with me, we will get to understand what makes your unique brain work and implement strategies that conform with your lifestyle, environment, and sensory needs. Extensively trained in exposure response prevention (ERP), an anxiety treatment, at the University of Pennsylvania, I apply my skills to help OCD and ADHD folks decrease their anxiety when it comes to ruminations and tasks. Besides ERP, my knowledge of —
Behavior therapy 🔨
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) 🧘♀️
Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) 💬
Compassion therapy ❤️
Neuroscience 🧠
— provide me with the skills to help you have a relationship with your emotions so you don’t act on every impulse, decrease unwanted behaviors, as well as help you understand how your brain works and why it acts the way it does.
Solution focused 📝
Structured 👩🏻💻
Compassionate ❤️
Approach sessions with humor 🤣
Keep clients accountable 📋
Goal-oriented ✅
My Approach:
My Sessions Are Not:
Not talk therapy
I can only provide therapy to Pennsylvania residents
For therapy: Although ADHD and OCD can co-occur with such conditions like drug addictions, eating disorders, trauma, etc. I only process these through an ADHD or OCD lens in a therapy setting since these are not my areas of specializations. I recommend clients seek another therapist to address these issues along with ADHD treatment or first address whichever one is impacting them the most.
For ADHD coaching: Coaching is not therapy and it’s not designed to treat trauma, depression, family relational issues, bipolar, and other clinical issues. To learn more the differences between coaching and therapy, click here. If these conditions are impacting your life along with ADHD, I urge you to seek therapy alongside ADHD coaching.
Together my clients and I have found that what seemed daunting is finally possible. After graduating from either coaching or therapy, my clients sum up their feelings in two words – I can.
Professional Background
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Master of Science in Education in School and Mental Health Counseling, University of Pennsylvania
Certified Life Coach, Professional Coach Academy
ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) - in progress
Exposure Response Prevention, University of Pennsylvania
Exposure Response Prevention OCD Training, Behavior Training Therapy Institute (BTTI)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, Beck Institute
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training: Introduction and Fundamentals, Behavior Tech
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Training: DBT Starter Pack, DBT of South Jersey
Acceptance Commitment Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, ACT Mindfully
Compassion Focused Therapy: Foundation, PraxisCet
Emotion Efficacy, PraxisCet
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Introduction, Radically Open DBT
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy Level 1, Radically Open DBT
It’s time to get your life on track.
🍃 I’m from the Philippines.
🍃 As an ADHD-er who loves adventures and gets bored easily, I’ve traveled to forty-seven (47) countries and have lived in six (6) countries.
🍃 Weekends you’d find me trying to squeeze in one of my many interests when I’m not busy with family. From historical cooking to sci-fi, anime, and space - there is often a shiny new object out there waiting to be discovered.