Katie Drobney

Katie Drobney is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Colorado with 16 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, and coping with life changes. Katie works from a strengths-based view and treats clients as the experts in their own stories. She offers support and practical tools as people take steps toward change.

Her approach is collaborative and flexible. Katie often brings creative activities into sessions such as art, music, or journaling when clients want them. She also draws on transpersonal counseling methods that can include a person’s spiritual beliefs if that fits the client’s goals. These options are offered only when the client prefers them.

Katie uses several established trauma-focused methods in her work. She includes techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to address symptoms like panic, dissociation, or post-traumatic stress. The focus is on skills, processing painful memories, and building day-to-day coping strategies.

People who reach out can expect straightforward, short-term goals alongside deeper work when needed. Katie pays attention to practical life issues like blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and challenges that can come with an intellectual disability or traumatic brain injury. Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s needs and pace.

She communicates in English and sees clients in Colorado. To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How DBT, EMDR, and Trauma-Focused Work Can Help Online

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and impulses. It is useful for panic, emotional reactivity, and improving day-to-day coping. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people process distressing memories by pairing focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation; it is often used for post-traumatic stress and lingering trauma symptoms. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and working through the effects of trauma while building safety and new coping habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which tools make sense based on current needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying skill-building, memory processing, or a mix of approaches and then adjusting as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use creative interventions such as journaling or music during a session more easily. Licensed professionals can adapt DBT skills work, EMDR preparations, and trauma-focused activities to remote settings when appropriate and when both client and therapist agree.