Kathrine Brunhaver, LPC – Therapist in Chandler, AZ | Mindpath Health
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Kat’s approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to each individual. She works from a trauma-informed and strengths-based perspective, helping patients build insight while also developing practical tools for emotional regulation, self-compassion, and meaningful change. As an art therapist, Kat integrates both verbal and creative approaches, recognizing that not everything can, or needs to, be expressed through words alone. She often incorporates mindfulness, somatic awareness, and attachment-informed practices to help patients better understand their emotional patterns, nervous system responses, and relationships.
Kat was drawn to mental health work through a deep curiosity about people, creativity, and neurodivergence, and a desire to support patients as they navigate school, relationships, and life transitions with greater confidence and self-understanding. She’s especially passionate about working with neurodivergent children, teens, and adults, and helping them feel supported within systems that can often feel overwhelming or misaligned. She enjoys incorporating play and shared interests, including video games when appropriate, to help therapy feel engaging and accessible. Outside of work, she finds grounding through spending time in nature, drawing, playing video games, and caring for her cats, bringing that sense of curiosity, calm, and authenticity into her work.
- Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling – School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago
Areas of Focus
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Adjustment disorder
- Panic attacks/disorders
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Mood disorders
- Stress management
- Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Grief & loss
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Mental health consultation/evaluation
- Anger management
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Co-occuring conditions
- Conduct/disruptive disorders
- Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Eating disorders
- Gender-affirming mental health care
- Men’s mental health
- Physical/sexual abuse
- Women’s mental health
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What patients are saying
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I truly enjoy my counselor
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Kat my therapist showed so much concern for my issues while we’re going through the application process, and I stopped along the way to tell stories about what was bothering me and things that were going on in my life. She was genuinely concerned and we s
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My clinician was very helpful to me in a time where I really needed some good advice and really needed strategies on how to face situations!
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Not to brag, but I’ve met with LOTS of therapists and psychiatrists in my life. Dr. Menier and Kathrine Brunhaver are the only ones I’ve recommended to literally everyone I know. They each made me feel instantly comfortable, heard, and understood. Finding