Hi! I'm Carrie Rose Katz, a licensed marriage & family therapist providing somatic and expressive arts therapy, specializing in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
I am licensed as Carrie Elizabeth Katz by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Rose is a nickname I go by…you can call me Rose.
I have been working in the field of the body-mind arts for nearly thirty years. I started as a bodyworker, getting certified as a massage therapist and acupressurist by the Acupressure Institute in 1993. When working on people, I was moved by how emotions, memories, and beliefs would arise when people were receiving touch, witnessing firsthand how all are stored in the body. I wanted to be able to help people explore more deeply the issues that arose, so I pursued a Masters degree at The California Institute of Integral Studies in the Somatic (body-oriented) Psychology Program, and upon completion, went on to become a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2002. I have trained in various schools of somatic psychotherapy, including the San Francisco Hakomi Institute and Stanley Keleman’s Center for Energetic Studies, as well as practicing and teaching martial arts. I have trained in and worked with trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, with people ranging from individuals and families in Oakland and Berkeley, to refugees from Central America and Southeast Asia. Clients with these experiences have been survivors of political torture, rape, child abuse and neglect, the effects of racism and poverty, and other kinds of violence. I have also worked for many years with people struggling with depression, anxiety, feelings of “stuckness” in their lives, difficulty making transitions, and parenting, among other issues.
Along with the practice of mindfulness, I like to bring a sense of warmth, playfulness and humor to the serious work of human growth.
I’ve been involved in the arts since childhood and have worked in painting, video and filmmaking, writing, podcast producing, and music, and feel passionately about the creative process and its place in our human experience. My experience as a mother of two adds a richness to my work with people, particularly in bringing compassion and understanding of the extraordinary challenges and rewards involved in raising children. I also have had the pleasure of supervising Marriage and Family interns who are working towards their psychotherapy licensure.
I welcome LGBTQIA+ people and aspire to providing the most anti-racist, culturally sensitive therapy I can.
Here's What I Will Do
- Listen carefully. Sometimes the most important information comes from things that are just under the surface of your awareness. I am trained and skilled in listening to what’s not being said, and I can help you become more aware of these deeper parts of yourself. This allows you to expand the ways you think, feel, and act, get in touch with what limits you, and point you towards the choices you have. Often, this is listening to what your body is saying. Ultimately, I will help you become the best listener to your own wisdom.
- Help you find your voice. Helping you put words to your experience can give you clarity you didn’t previously have.
- Offer compassion. I'll stay with you in a place of compassion during your questioning, your suffering, your longing.
- Ask for feedback. I'll always encourage you to tell me if you don’t like something I said or did, or if you are feeling uncomfortable about anything that happens in our sessions. Relationships are never perfect. It is not a problem that there are miscommunications or conflict; what’s important is how we respond to them. Unfortunately, many of us did not grow up with people with whom we could have conflict and work through it in a safe way. I will deeply value the relationship we have, and I will be open and honest with you about what I see, sense, and feel, and will encourage you to do the same with me.
- Accept you as you are, and be an ally for the change you want to make. Sometimes this may mean looking at things that are not always comfortable. I will support you in stepping into your "growing edge" as you are ready. Without this, we may stay comfortable, but growth is not possible.
- Hold professional and ethical boundaries. I am bound by the professional legal and ethical codes of the psychotherapy profession, as well as my own personal ethics that honor and respect your confidentiality, and the professional nature of our relationship.
Here's What I Won't Do
- Sit and nod my head without giving you any input
- Judge you for how you are feeling or what you are thinking
- Tell you what decisions you should make
- Shame you for how you feel, or for decisions you have made or make
Past Workshops & Groups
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Groups
- Mindful Mamas: Mindfulness-Based Support Groups for New Mothers
- Pandora's Vox: Embodied Singing Workshops
- Unmasking Your Inner Critic: An 8 week series of identifying the inner critic, making a mask of it, and using it to move through the limiting patterns of the inner critic
Professional Trainings
I have offered the following trainings which may be available at this time upon request.
- Embodied Arts in the Clinical Setting- JKF Counseling Center, East Bay California chapter of The CA Association of Marriage & Family Therapists
- Working Somatically with Adult and Child Victims of Psychological Trauma – Le Cheim Children & Family Services of the East Bay, Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay
- Introduction to Sandtray Therapy- John F. Kennedy University Graduate Program
- Introduction to Play Therapy- John F. Kennedy University Graduate Program
- Using the Arts in Therapy- California College of the Arts, Therapy training program for the counseling center
Meet our prescribing MD
Dr. Jesus I. Ramirez, MD, MSW (Zeus)
I am an Ivy-League educated and board-certified surgeon who specialized for
many years in traumatic injuries, severe burns, and critical care. Witnessing
extreme human suffering and the limitations of mainstream mental health led
me to explore alternative paths for healing psychological wounds. I obtained a
master’s in social work and professional training to practice psychedelic-assisted
psychotherapy. I now guide people through healing journeys of self-discovery
and provide medical support for select high-end therapists in the Bay
Area.
I embrace the sacred nature of this work, beyond medicine and therapy.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, #MFC39321
Registered with the CA BBS as Carrie Elizabeth Katz
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