LPCC, 12 years of experience
Hello! I'm Mary "Katie" Romley. I'm an LPCC in the state of California specializing in therapy work with adults and adolescents. Do you ever feel like because of certain life experiences, you struggle in your daily life or relationships today? I enjoy helping people to find more of a sense of safety, within themselves. I like to make sure that my clients can develop a sense of trust when working with me. I love working with young adults (18-25) and also people going through retirement life changes. Some of the topics I enjoy helping clients with career counseling and coaching, personal relationships, self-concept and self-esteem, healing from abuse, and working with and fully supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. I also love working with people to strengthen their own personal boundaries in life. *Please note that any requests for additional administrative services like letters to courts of law, disability certification, fitness to return to work or other activities and special accommodations related to a psychological condition will need to be cleared with this therapist ahead of starting work together or will have to be provided by another mental health provider. Please consult this therapist first to see if she's able to provide this documentation for you as some may not be possible due to training and specialization requirements.
In our first session together, I'll explain confidentiality, the therapeutic process from my perspective and answer questions you may have for me.
Past clients have reported that they felt is was easy to open up with me, that they felt safe to talk about many different topics including sexuality and gender expression, intimacy, traumatic experiences, history of childhood abuse or neglect. Clients have told me they feel they've made progress in their goals, and that they feel more comfortable opening up with others in their personal lives after having done work together.
Adults, Work/Life Balance and Burn out, Relationship Difficulties and Domestic Violence survivors, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adult Children of Narcissists.
3 ratings with written reviews
June 10, 2025
Katie is incredibly understanding about my issues. I feel respected. Katie is humorous and light, but also compassionate. She has depth and strength enough to hold space for intense pain with care and patience. She asks illuminating questions -- not just for clarification, but to help me think about things in a different way. Her questions and insights often make me feel more empowered.
June 9, 2025
Katie is always finding methods to help with solutions to my relationship and self care situations. She also finds ways to assist with feeling empowered in difficult or stressful situations. I am so appreciative of her knowledge and skills.
June 4, 2025
Katie Romley is an excellent and wise therapist. Her keen observations on what I am struggling with have helped me immensely. She helps me see things I cannot see about myself and my circumstances. She is so comfortable to talk with. She is well versed in a variety of therapy perspectives/exercises, which I have benefited from. She offers ideas/solutions. And, we can have fun. I am still amazed at our fit. I am grateful that I found her. She has been and is immensely helpful.
I was trained in the model of client-centered therapy, which to me means that a person who is able to fully support and understand themselves can make any changes they wish to better their life circumstances.
I have a particular fondness for bringing my work with clients back to a compassionate space so that clients can learn (perhaps for the first time) that they are deserving of love, joy and kindness that they may offer willingly to others and less so to themselves.
The more I grow as a person and as a clinician, the more I realize that sometimes simple changes can have a big effect. I like to help clients identify what these might be, so that they can implement them and see results.