About Carrie Katz, MFT

Carrie has been working in the field of the body-mind arts for over 20 years, first as a bodyworker. She was certified as an acupressurist by the Acupressure Institute in 1993, and found herself moved by how people would have emotional responses when receiving touch. As emotions and memories surfaced for clients on the bodywork table, Carrie wanted to be able to help people explore more deeply the issues that arose, at which point she began her Masters at The California Institute of Integral Studies in the Somatic (body-oriented) Psychology Program, and upon completion, went on to become a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2002 (lic. # MFC39321). She has trained in various schools of somatic psychotherapy, including the San Francisco Hakomi Institute and Stanley Keleman’s Center for Energetic Studies, as well as practicing and teaching martial arts. She has trained extensively in and worked with trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, with people ranging from individuals and families in Oakland and Berkeley, to refugees from Central America and Southeast Asia. Clients with these experiences have been survivors of political torture, rape, child abuse, and other kinds of violence.

Along with the practice of mindfulness, Carrie brings a sense of warmth, playfulness and humor to the serious work of human growth. Carrie has been involved in the arts since childhood, and has worked in painting, video and filmmaking, and music and feels passionately about the creative process and its place in our human experience. Her experience as a mother of two adds a richness to her work with people, particularly in bringing compassion and understanding of the extraordinary challenges and rewards involved in raising children.