Shannon (Katie) Roghaar , LCSW

Shannon (Katie) Roghaar (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with deep roots in both medical and mental health settings. She has spent over a decade working in health-related fields and developed a focused practice addressing substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health concerns. Her background includes training as a sexual assault advocate, and she brings that experience into trauma-informed work with survivors.

Roghaar holds two undergraduate degrees - a degree in Neuroscience from the University of Nevada, Reno and a degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Utah - and completed her master of social work in 2019. Since then she has worked in mental health crisis care and with people facing substance use disorders as well as conditions such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Her clinical approach is rooted in a trauma-informed Feminist Multicultural Therapy framework learned during her graduate training, which she combines with client-centered practices and evidence-based techniques like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness strategies.

She has supported people through relationship challenges, sexual assault and domestic violence trauma, substance use recovery, codependency, suicidality concerns, and self-esteem work. Her experience includes working with medical professionals, students, young adults, first responders, many female-identifying individuals, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Roghaar values witnessing growth and healing and aims to offer compassionate, strengths-based support to those navigating complex life stressors and recovery journeys.

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