Kateri Klingele Pinell, MSW, APSW, CSAT-C

Kateri Klingele Pinell, MSW, APSW, CSAT-C received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is licensed as an Advanced Practice Social Worker in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida and is currently working toward her Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) designation, under the supervision of Mandy B. Mullen, LCSW. Kateri has over nine years of experience in community-based social work, including work in legal settings, primary care behavioral health, psychosocial support services, and clinical mental health. Her clinical areas of focus include anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment, sexual addiction, and relationships. She has experience working across the lifespan and has specialized experience supporting individuals with severe-and-persistent mental illness. She provides couples therapy, and has completed Level Two of the Gottman Method training. Kateri views therapy through the lens of Thomistic Psychology, which focuses on virtue-ethics and the formation of the human person. Her interventions include Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Kateri’s approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in the belief that all human beings possess equal dignity and worth. Wisconsin: 134904-121, Florida: ISW22842, Georgia: TBD