(She/They)

Psychotherapist

Adults, Couples, & Families

Telehealth

It can be immensely valuable and challenging when we decide to take on the work of looking at how we have been hurt, and the different defenses or patterns that we have developed over time. My aim with each client is for you to feel liberated from how you have been harmed so you can have the fullest life possible. I understand that in the work of therapy you as the client are in charge and I am your advocate and partner in the work. I aim to bring caring and perspective to the challenges you have and to what you want to feel in your life.

I have many years of experience working with a range of different clients that include young people and parents, adults, couples and groups. I bring a set of skills that are based in listening, caring, respect, and encouragement. We look together at how our oppressive society eats away at our sense of ourselves and our feelings of autonomy, and how even loving parents pass their harm and confusion our way.

In our work together I use psychodynamic theory and help my clients have a deep understanding of their pasts, how connected and supported they were or weren’t as young people, and what wounds still exist and need healing. I can be with you as you go back and take a look at how hard it was, and we can work to mend and find new meaning in those places, together.

I know that we live in a beautiful yet often times damaging society, and we have all been harmed by feeling alone and misunderstood, and worse. I have many years of experience supporting parents in the beautiful yet difficult (and undervalued) work of parenting; working closely with queer and trans clients; and helping young people and young adults find their true selves and who they want to be in the world.

Katherine Rose Chew, LMSW completed her Master’s in Social Work from New York University Silver Graduate School of Social Work, and holds a BA in English and Theater from Tufts University.