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States Served: DC, Maryland, Virginia
Specialties and Offerings: ENM Affirming, Kink Affirming, Gender Affirming, Neurodiversity Affirming, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Sex Therapy, Relationship Therapy, Individual Therapy
Experience and Background of Kate Gilles, LMSW, LGSW (she/her)
I believe that every individual deserves to live openly and safely in their gender and sexual identity and to seek and sustain positive, fulfilling, and mutually respectful sexual and intimate relationships. I strive to create a space that is safe and affirming while also encouraging clients to dig deeply and challenge themselves. Whether you’re working on a long-standing pattern or a new challenge, I will work with you to gain clarity around what you’re seeking and to identify the inner strengths that will help you get there. In simple terms, I see the body as a source of information as well as a resource to support our mental and emotional well-being.
I believe that every body is a good body, deserving of care and respect. Clients have described me as warm, humorous, and thoughtful. For those more familiar with psychotherapy terms, I work from a relational and strengths-based perspective and have experience in psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches (including traditional CBT and ACT), as well as mind-body connection modalities. I have worked with clients 16 years old and up from a variety of backgrounds, including the LGBTQIA+ community, and with issues ranging from anxiety and depression to gender identity, body image, seasonal affective disorder, ADHD, and life transitions. In addition to my professional training as a therapist, I have been a volunteer abortion doula for nearly 10 years and spent 15+ years working in sexual and reproductive health research and policy. I am allied with the kink, ethically non-monogamous / polyamorous, and sex worker communities and welcome clients of all relationship and family structures.
Professional Organizations
Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Pro-Choice Therapists
Credentials
BA from Wesleyan University
CT MPH from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MSW from The Catholic University of America
Certified Sex Therapist by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)