A Livingston Parish native , Katherine S.  Arnold grew up on the outskirts of the Walker city limits. She attended Livingston Parish schools and graduated from Walker High  School before attending Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU). Katherine achieved her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from SELU in 1995. Katherine worked fourteen years in the pharmaceutical industry before changing careers. In the last decade of her first career, Katherine was responsible for managing a department of people from varying cultures, ages, and ethnicities. Through this, Katherine truly learned about herself and others.  She learned that people are more than just productivity, more than a job, and more than the "mask" they wear in public. "mask" Katherine learned to value relationships, to honor the journey of others, and to sit in the sufferings with them.   

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Katherine is a 2013 MAMFC graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Katherine holds and practices under two licenses within Louisiana, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She also serves as an approved Supervisor under both licenses. Katherine has served as Adjunct Professor, Group/Individual Supervisor, and Consultant. She has also worked extensively with law enforcement in areas of crisis negotiation and training, psychological trauma training, peer support, and tactical training observations. Area of specific focus is trauma, suicide ideation, and marriage

and family; more specifically, extensive experience with first responders and spouses.  Katherine has been vetted and/or partnered with Baton Rouge Police Department, Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office, Louisiana State Police, Fraternal Order of Police, and St. George Fire Department.  She has been trained in specialty areas such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotional-Focused Therapy for couples (EFT), Sand tray, Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention, Managing Suicide Risks (CAMS) and Trauma therapy.

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Katherine is a Christian but she honors and respects each person spiritual beliefs, values, and worldview without judgement.  She does not impose her own religious beliefs onto her clients.  Katherine seeks to utilize treatments that take into consideration each client's interests, cultural backgrounds, spiritual and religious views, and personal ideas.  

 

Katherine has a huge passion to help others have the best quality of life!