Katrina Carroll-Haskins PhD ATR-BC
Clinical & Professional Experience
My professional background includes clinical experience across inpatient, outpatient, residential, and private practice settings, working with:
Trauma survivors
Caregiving Professionals including medical professionals and mental health therapists
LGBTQIA+
Neurodivergent adults
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACoA)
Survivors of Sexual Assault
College Students, Young Adults and Early Professionals
Supervision: I provide clinical supervision for pre-licensed art therapists (ATR).
Training & Education
PhD in Creative Arts Therapies
EMDR Trained (Humanitarian Assistance Program)
Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)
Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC) — Pennsylvania
Research
Art therapy for caregivers including medical professionals and home hospice caregivers
Therapeutic artmaking and stress reduction
Art making in virtual reality
Art based supervision for early professional art therapists
Publications
Licensure
Board Certified Art Therapist (#20-185)
Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC, #000777) in the state of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Laura Bauder, ATR-BC, LPC (PC014449)
My Therapeutic Approach
If you’ve been given the feedback that you’re “self-aware”, have a lot of self insight, and you are already aware of the tools and coping strategies - I offer therapeutic approaches that focus on going beyond managing symptoms to a deeper understanding of the patterns through bottom up or experiential therapies including EMDR (eye-movement desensitization reprocessing), art therapy, partswork, body based and somatic approaches.
If you relate to any of the following experiences or challenges, I may be a good fit for you:
Struggling with perfectionism, never feeling “good enough”
Finding it hard to rest, relax, or be fully present
Frequently feeling a lot of shame, critical thoughts, and struggling with self-esteem
Feeling really anxious and/or shutting down when you think about your past/feeling like your past is haunting you or keeping you from moving forward in your life and relationships
Identify as a “cycle breaker” that may be no contact or distant from family while trying to heal and process past painful experiences that continue to impact you
Needing support due to struggles with a life transition (graduating from college, moving, career/job, changes related to early adulthood, becoming a parent, marriage, divorce, breakup of a significant relationship, ending of a close friendship)
Feeling like an “outsider”/feeling isolated from others
Having a hard time finding the words to express what you are thinking and feeling inside
Grieving a loss whether through death, the ending of a significant relationship, breakup, or estrangement
Seeking therapy that goes deeper than coping skills to being curious about the underlying roots of “symptoms” for long-term change.
I support adults healing from trauma, relationship conflicts, and major life transitions so they can move forward with more self-acceptance, empowerment, and meaningful connection.
I integrate talk therapy, somatic awareness, EMDR, and creative expression to help you:
Develop emotional regulation and nervous system stability
Process unresolved trauma
Increase self-understanding
Strengthen relational capacity
Cultivate self-compassion and empowerment
As a therapist and researcher, I’m deeply interested in how creativity and somatic experiences can support mental and physical well-being, reduce stress, and build resilience.
I bring authenticity, warmth, humor, and non-judgment to the therapy space, and I welcome individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds. I know how vulnerable it can feel to reach out for help; as someone who has also been a client. I’m committed to ongoing self-reflection, education, supervision, and my own therapy so I can show up fully for you and your healing journey.
Illuminated Pathways Values
1
Transparency
I value transparency in the therapeutic process, and within the therapeutic relationship between us, including direct acknowledgement of power dynamics. I actively seek feedback and emphasize open communication that focuses on the specific approaches and modalities that I bring into the therapeutic process.
2
Co-collaboration
We will work together to develop a therapeutic process that is catered to you. Specific therapeutic approaches may not feel like the right fit for you, and we will collaborate and make adjustments to meet your unique needs
3
Client Autonomy
You are the expert on you. As your therapist, I am here to help you to connect to the most authentic version of yourself. I commit to meeting you where you are at, and the spaces where you feel most ready to go.
Ready to get started?
Phone consultations are a no-pressure opportunity to connect and ask questions to see if I’m the right fit for you. I’m looking forward to meeting you and seeing how I can best support you!