Dr. Katie Moore is a highly experienced licensed clinical psychologist with an extraordinary ability to connect with teens and adults who have been unable to make progress, or even unwilling to meet, with previous therapists. Additionally, she is formally trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and TF-CBT (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy): two of the premier evidence based treatments for trauma.
Dr. Moore started her career as a therapist treating adults, including severely and persistently mentally ill adults in a locked psychiatric facility. Once she began treating trauma, adolescents, and children, she found her calling. In addition to specializing in complex trauma and treatment resistant individuals, Dr. Moore has an additional specialty in working with LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families. Three things Dr. Moore loves about her job are (1) making a difference in the lives around her, (2) the opportunity to always learn new things and learn about different cultures, and (3) "that moment when I finally put the puzzle pieces together and feel like I fully understand a person that I work with." Dr. Moore prides herself on being nonjudgmental and helping all of her clients to feel comfortable.
Dr. Moore received her doctorate in Applied Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Irvine, CA. She was then accepted as a psychology intern for Orange County Health Care Agency to serve residential facilities that treat youth in foster care. Orange County Health Care Agency then offered for her to stay on as a staff psychologist, where she worked for over 7 years as a trauma therapist for diverse children and adolescents.
Dr. Moore is the owner of Affirming Psychological Services and the primary supervisor at TheraQ, a nonprofit mental health center.
ommenting on someone else’s hygiene is one of the more delicate conversation topics. You are, after all, critiquing a person’s body and health habits. But it’s a thorny road to go down: Hygiene issues can stem from medical or even financial issues. “Someone with bad breath could have something going on with their dental work—maybe they can't afford to go to the dentist, so they're stuck with something in their mouth that's making it not smell so good,” says Katie Moore, a clinical psychologist in Irvine, Calif.
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