Katie Halstensgard, LMFT-A
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Email for Collaboration (i.e. NOT getting setup as client)
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about katie (she/her)
I struggle to write succinct blurbs introducing myself. Often I have a sense of guilt related to what gets listed "first" (because of course whatever is listed first is your ultimate proclamation of values so if I don't claim my identity as a mother in the first sentence I'm a terrible mom, right?) or I wrestle with some imposter syndrome. For example, I want to call myself a "writer" but I waffle between whether or not I can confidently call myself one. I've never published anything, but writing feels integral to my identity - blame my status as a basic millennial white girl, but I don't think I've ever quite gotten past the impulse to be a "blogger." And if I don't even feel confident in an "about me" blurb, should I even have mentioned the writing thing? To make it worse, although there has been a strong through-line of themes expanding and building upon themselves within my professional life, I am now on official career shift #3 or #4 at this point. Is there an expiration date on being able to claim a professional identity? I haven't worked on a production in 6+ years now, so can I even call myself a "theatre artist" anymore? I don't know the answer, but it might not be all that important to answer. Anyways...I'm not quite positive what the overall purpose of this online presence is going to be, but I do know these things:
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I am an external processor, so I need something tangible with which to organize my thoughts and feelings
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I am an educator by nature, so I will never not have the impulse to share what I have learned
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I am only where I am at this point in my life because I had folks (some personal relationships and some public/parasocial ones) be honest, transparent, and vulnerable in such a way as to give me permission to do so as well, and I want to continue in that work for others
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