Katie Chockley, LSW, MPH

Katie is a licensed social worker who received her Master of Social Service from Bryn Mawr College and her Master of Public Health from the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated cum laude from Yale University.

As a clinician, Katie leads with unconditional positive regard, curiosity, and respect for the client as the expert on themselves. She views clients contextually, considering the impact of their environments — especially systems of power and oppression. Informed by psychodynamic theory, she integrates cognitive-behavioral and somatic techniques as appropriate, adapting to the unique needs and strengths of each client.

Being trauma-informed is core to her work, and she is skilled at pacing trauma treatment. She has extensive experience with survivors of sexual trauma and relationship violence, and understands that trauma goes much further than individual acts of violence.

As a lesbian and as someone with a decade of experience working within the LGBTQ community on issues of sexual violence and mental health, Katie is attuned to the unique concerns LGBTQ clients face. She is passionate about working with LGBTQ clients and those exploring their sexuality and gender identity.

Previously, Katie worked in interpersonal violence prevention at the University of Pennsylvania as both a prevention specialist and a survivor advocate for students, and in health care policy research at the university.