Katelyn Corrigan, LMFT

I know how scary it can be to share yourself with someone new, and I want to make you feel as seen and safe as possible. My therapy approach draws upon feminist and relational systems theory to empower you to make the changes you’re looking for. Together, we will explore your past experiences, your relationship patterns, and where you are emotionally, right now. With empathy, validation, and a dash of humor, I help you tap into your strength and live in a more authentic way.

My primary specialty is working with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and emotional abuse, individually and in their safe, couple relationships. I understand the impact trauma has on couples and families can be pervasive, resulting in issues with intimacy, trust, anxiety, and depression. I guide my clients through the intense process of healing to find their voice and power after being victimized. Drawing on modern, body-oriented theories of trauma, I use a holistic approach informed by evidence-based practices to help my clients learn to feel safe in their bodies and in the world.

In my practice, I also welcome individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, self esteem, communication, and life transitions. My compassion-based perspective is anti-racist and LGBTQ+ inclusive. As a systems therapist, I value examining the societal systems that impact your ability to make change and I welcome all of your identities into the therapy room.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,  and have been in practice for over 8 years. I have an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Adler University and a B.A. in Sociology and Women and Gender Studies from Loyola University Chicago.

SUPERVISOR-IN-TRAINING

I believe all careers should have a mentorship program that is as structured as supervision. It is extremely important to developing and gaining confidence in your therapist identity. To me supervision is not only about guiding therapists early in their clinical work, it is about helping them cultivate a professional identity in the field. Professional identity creation is how we show up in the therapy room, how we interact with therapist coworkers, our boss and other colleagues outside our practice, and how we navigate boundaries between our personal lives and work.

I’ve had a range of supervision styles modeled to me during my nine years as a therapist and I’ve taken pieces from each model to create my own supervision identity. I’ve been in different private practices throughout Chicago since graduating from Adler University with my MA in Marriage and Family Therapy. During this time, I’ve been a mentor to many newer clinicians and individual supervisor at The Family Institute for therapists in the MFT program.

My primary clinical speciality is working with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and emotional abuse, individually and in their safe, couple relationships. I also work with anxiety, self esteem, communication, family of origin, and life transitions of individuals, couples, and families. I have a strong attachment trauma background and practice Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I draw from the family therapy theories of Narrative, Bowen, and Feminist-Informed. I believe it is important to incorporate antiracism and LGBTQ+ inclusivity into our supervisory work.

I know it can be vulnerable to share your cases and develop a professional identity with someone new. I will take care to co-create a safe space with you to make you feel comfortable exploring with me. A good supervision relationship is about clinical and personal fit. Just like searching for a therapist, I believe it is important to “shop around” for a supervisor. I am a supervisee-centered supervisor. I expect you to bring questions and information to our sessions and I will follow your lead on what you need. I will guide you in areas I believe to be useful, but you are the expert on yourself and your clinical work. I often focus on self of the therapist work in supervision. Exploring the areas of the self that hit up against our challenging work as clinicians helps show up for our clients in an authentic way and also allows us to live authentically in our personal lives. Think of me as a collaborative coach, let’s work together to build up your therapeutic identity so you’ll be ready to take on the clinical world without a supervisor soon!