Kate Holmberg is a Registered Provisional Psychologist on the Kids Reconnect child therapist team. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Distinction from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Counselling Psychology degree from Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. Kate is provisionally registered with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) and is currently completing her hours towards full CAP registration under the supervision of Natalie Bergman, DCP, RPsych at the Kids Reconnect child psychology clinic.

As a strengths-focused therapist, Kate has an emotional clarity and compassion that enable her to visualize and bring to the forefront the strong Superhero sparkle in every child, even when it’s hiding behind difficult challenges and complex diagnoses. She has a special place in her heart for kids and teens whose brains are neurodivergent, and supporting and engaging parents in family systems. Her professional experience includes counselling neurodivergent children and youth, early childhood intervention for children who have a primary diagnosis of ASD, group counselling facilitation for neurodivergent kids, social skills counselling for youth, crisis intervention, and facilitating psychoeducation and skill training for parents and caregivers.

Kate is passionate about supporting kids, teens, and their parents and families with the challenges that often come with neurodivergent brains, such as ADHD, autism, and learning differences. In her work with kids and teens, she uses a variety of strengths-based approaches, including narrative therapy, motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help children and adolescents overcome challenges and grow towards their fullest potential.

Whether your child, adolescent, or family’s social, emotional, and relational challenge is smaller, like difficulty making friends and moving to a new school, or more complex, such as figuring out how to use your neurodivergent brain Superpowers, Kate believes in you. She is excited to meet you and your Superhero child or teen where you are, and can’t wait to see your sparkle grow and shine ever brighter.