Katie Thompson

Katie Thompson, LPC, CEDS is a Missouri-based licensed professional counselor, nationally certified with an additional certification as an eating disorder specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). She has been practicing for over a decade as a psychotherapist, serving in various settings including community mental health, residential services, foster care, inpatient hospital settings, and residential and PHP Eating Disorder treatment. Katie specializes in treating eating disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD and complex trauma, and has a special interest in treating binge eating disorder. She utilizes a direct and honest approach coupled with compassion to guide clients into the journey of recovery and healing. As a former school teacher, she brings years of experience working with children and families to her role as a family therapist. Katie's mission is to help clients peel back the layers of protection and defenses that have kept them from living the life they want and guide them in the process of living a balanced and purpose-driven life. She is trained in several treatment modalities, including Internal Family Systems, EMDR, Exposure and Response Prevention, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders. Katie also lectures at regional and national conferences on eating disorder recovery, trauma, anxiety disorders, and recovery interventions, and supervises provisionally licensed therapists.