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Katie Blumenfeld, LCSW

Meet Katie Blumenfeld, LCSW

Certified Psychoanalyst

Katie Blumenfeld is a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of clinical experience. She graduated with honors from Columbia University, earned her Bachelor of Science from Union College, and completed advanced postgraduate training in psychoanalysis at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

Katie works with children and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, perfectionism, relationship and dating difficulties, parenting concerns, work-related pressures, burnout, and identity concerns. She has particular experience working with high-functioning adults, professionals, and college and graduate students who may be successful and accomplished in many areas of their lives while privately feeling anxious, overwhelmed, unfulfilled, or disconnected.

Katie’s approach is both solution-focused and insight-oriented. She understands that when clients come to therapy, they often want practical help with what is affecting their lives now. She uses evidence-based approaches, including CBT and DBT, to help reduce symptoms, develop healthier coping strategies, manage stress, and improve day-to-day functioning. At the same time, her extensive psychoanalytic training allows her to go deeper, helping clients understand the underlying patterns that may be contributing to their difficulties. Her clinical background specifically includes psychodynamic, CBT, and DBT approaches.

Katie believes that our earliest experiences and relationships can continue to influence how we see ourselves, relate to others, respond to stress, and make choices, often outside of our awareness. Therapy provides an opportunity to recognize these patterns and understand why they continue to repeat. By combining practical strategies with deeper exploration, Katie helps clients address immediate concerns while working toward changes that are more meaningful and lasting. Her postgraduate work emphasized insight, relational patterns, and sustained therapeutic change.

This approach can be particularly valuable for high-achieving individuals who are accustomed to solving problems successfully in other areas of their lives but find that certain emotional or relational difficulties do not respond as easily to effort or intellect. Katie helps clients understand what may be operating beneath the surface while identifying concrete ways to move forward.

Katie works integratively and tailors treatment to the individual rather than relying on a single method. In addition to psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches, she draws from Internal Family Systems, somatic approaches, CBT, and DBT when appropriate. Her goal is to understand the whole person and determine which combination of practical tools and deeper exploration will be most useful at a particular point in treatment.

Warmth and trust are central to Katie’s work. She is down-to-earth, engaging, and compassionate, and creates an open environment where clients can speak honestly, feel understood, and explore difficult experiences without judgment. She believes effective therapy should help people not only feel better, but also understand themselves more fully,

strengthen their relationships, and develop the insight and skills to navigate future challenges with greater confidence and flexibility.

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA)

Licenses

• Licensed Social Work, State of New York
• Certified Psychoanalyst

Affiliations