Richmond Creative Counseling- Southside

804-592-6311

Richmond Creative Counseling- Willow Lawn

804-592-6311

Kate Jackson, LCSW, RPT-S (she/her)

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Practice Location:

Southside & Virtual 

Ages Treated:

Children & Adolescents: 4+

Adults: 18+

Primary Areas of Clinical Interest & Expertise:

· EMDR 

· Trauma/Stress/Grief

· Expressive Arts & Sand Tray Therapy

· Adolescents & Adults

Background:

Kate (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with over 17 years of experience in community mental health, school-based, and outpatient settings.


Kate is dedicated to supporting individuals of all ages as they navigate trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship stressors, and challenging life circumstances. She is LGBTQIA+ allied and affirming. She hopes to create an inclusive space for people of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Her goal is to create a warm, non-judgemental, encouraging, and collaborative environment where clients feel safe, supported, and empowered as they work towards finding meaning. Her person-centered and strengths-based approach includes psychodynamic therapy, and she integrates EMDR, mindfulness, DBT, play therapy, sand tray, and expressive arts. One of Kate’s many past jobs before becoming a therapist was working with animals, and she has studied animal-assisted play therapy with Rise VanFleet, Ph.D. This may be incorporated with animal-loving clients when appropriate. Kate also loves working with those who work with animals and others in care-taking roles, helping them build resilience to compassion fatigue so they can continue doing their passion work. She also enjoys providing supervision for those working towards the RPT (Registered Play Therapist) credential. 

Outside of her therapeutic work, Kate enjoys spending time with her dog and cat, exploring nature, supporting local music, and taking art classes.


Education:

Master of Science (Social Work) - Virginia Commonwealth University
            Clinical Internship: Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

Bachelor of Science (Psychology)- Virginia Commonwealth University
            Minor: Philosophy

 

Licenses and Certifications:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)- Virginia
Registered Play Therapist Supervisor- Association for Play Therapy
Approved LCSW Supervisor- Virginia Board of Social Work


While Kate is contracted with the following insurance payers, we recommend contacting your insurance company to determine if your plan has any restrictions or limitations:

- Anthem (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Aetna (Commercial)
- Bright
- Cigna
- Molina Complete Care of Virginia Medicaid
- Optima (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Optum/ UnitedHealthcare (Commercial and Medicaid)
- Tricare


 

Richmond Creative Counseling

Willow Lawn

Richmond Creative Counseling

Southside