Kate Shepard, LMSW
Rockville, MD | Bethesda, MD
I have over 15 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate conflict, understand patterns, and build deeper connection. My approach is collaborative, warm, and often infused with humor. I want couples to know they’re not alone. I focus on amplifying what’s working and addressing the interaction patterns that pull partners apart, rather than “fixing” one person. Drawing from approaches like IFS, Emotion-Focused Therapy, CBT, and Attachment Theory, I tailor therapy to each couple, helping them strengthen connection and show up for each other in meaningful ways.
Education & Experience
- MSW, University of Maryland
- 15+ years of experience serving couples and families
Specialties
- Marital & Premarital
- Relationship Issues
- Conflict Resolution
- Intimacy
- Communication
- Sexless/Withdrawn
- Affair & Infidelity Recovery
- Family Systems & Life Changes
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- Healing Trauma in Couples Therapy: Two Contrasting Approaches
- Last Chance Couple, Peter Fraenkel
- Couples and Their Careers, Alexandra Solomon
- From Pain to Pleasure: Erotic Recovery in Trauma Healing, Esther Perel
- Breakthrough Results with Difficult Men: Terry Real on Working with Narcissists, Bullies, Boy-Men, and Avoidants
- IFS Immersion: Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) Across Clinical Applications
- Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Solutions for Trauma Recovery
- Reproductive Trauma, Infertility and Loss
- Integrative Attachment Family Therapy for Oppositional Behaviors
- Polyvagal Theory in Action, Deb Dana
Kate’s Approaches include the following:
- Gottman Method
- Imago Therapy
- Relational Life Therapy by Terry Real
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
Locations Kate Works
Bethesda, MD
Rockville, MD
Our Counselors Association Memberships Include:
