KATERI PEREZ

Kateri received her undergraduate degrees of Psychology and Human Development Family Studies and Master in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston.  Kateri has received training in EMDR via EMDRIA approved provider COMPASSIONWORKS. EMDR aids people in becoming unstuck from their traumas. It also provides healthier thinking patterns and coping skills in order for survivors of trauma to move forward with their lives and gain new perspectives that better serve their desired goals. 

She has received Cognitive Process Therapy training from the STRONG STAR TRAINING INITIATIVE (STRONG STAR aims to train “veteran-serving community mental health providers in evidence-based treatments for PTSD and related mental health problems in order to increase access to high-quality care”) and is a certified Cognitive Process Therapy for PTSD provider and STRONG STAR network provider. To learn more please click here: (https://www.strongstartraining.org/network) 

CPT provides healing to people by replacing negative thinking patterns with healthier thinking patterns. With time people gain the tools they need to be their own therapist and have control of their life, instead of the PTSD. CPT has helped thousands of Veterans and other trauma survivors find the emotional support and healing they need.

Kateri received Crisis Intervention training credited by the Office of the Attorney General, allows her to meet people where they are at in their healing process after being a victim of a crime. After someone is a victim of crime it can be difficult to focus and even begin to do deep emotional work. Through Crisis Intervention survivors can create the safe space they need. 

Kateri has experience working with groups, (from ages 6 years old and up), individuals, and families. She has worked with people from various backgrounds and considered an LGBTQ+ advocate. 

As part of her work with clients she also includes different components such as feminist therapy, art, journaling, reading, writing, and mindfulness to the therapeutic experience.

Her work experience includes University of Houston, VA, Baylor College of Medicine, and Rape Crisis and Domestic violence center have allowed her to see the importance of meeting people where they are at in their emotional healing. She works mainly from a client centered approach which recognizes that YOU are the expert of your own life and you possess a lot of the answers you seek. To her, therapy is a safe place where you can find those answers with kind, non-judgmental, and patient support. 

Kateri enjoys spending time with family, her two shih tzus, reading poetry, hearing music, and driving around just because.