Katherine Villard-Pichierri, LMHC

Katherine Villard-Pichierri is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts who combines formal training with diverse frontline experience to support people through trauma, grief, and major life transitions. She holds an undergraduate degree in political science with a focus on human rights from Simon's Rock College of Bard and earned a master of arts in counseling with a concentration in trauma studies and work with marginalized communities from Lesley University.

Her career in human services began in adolescence and has included roles as a tutor, coach, mentor, caseworker, clinician, and program coordinator. Over the past decade she has worked across urban and rural settings in schools, residential programs, detention facilities, outpatient clinics, urgent care and crisis centers, emergency rooms, and veterans programs, bringing experience with a wide range of stressors and crisis situations.

Katherine believes that life can be overwhelming but that healing and recovery are possible with appropriate support, guidance, and resources. She draws on a variety of approaches - including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma-focused counseling, grief work, mindfulness practices, and client-centered therapy - and helps connect clients to community resources when additional supports are needed.