Born in Jacksonville, Florida, and raised in Europe, Katherine Sandifer grew up bicultural and bilingual. She did her graduate training in Clinical Psychology at Wheaton College Graduate School (Illinois), completing her Masters there in 1987.
She obtained her first counseling position at Ecker Center for Mental Health in Elgin, Illinois, where strong supervision and collegiality set the tone for that work setting and the next. Upon leaving that agency she continued her professional growth at the Guidance Center of Elmhurst Hospital in Lombard, Illinois. In 1998 she went into private practice in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She continued her practice there until she relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, at the end of 2005. She now has a private practice in Jacksonville.
-Her theoretical framework is psychodynamic (insight oriented), but she is eclectic in drawing from other theories where helpful.
-Her approach is engaged, genuine, and reflective.
-She uses accepted techniques, including cognitive behavioral ones where appropriate.
-She is particularly respectful of, and attuned
to the subject of faith.
-She is highly sensitive to the impact of gender,
color, ethnicity, culture, and language.
Katherine Sandifer believes in the dignity
of persons and in quality of care. She
advocates for clients’ right to
1) personal privacy,
2) choice of counselor and type of counseling,
3) control over “treatment decisions”
(including frequency and number of sessions).
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Credentials
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology -MA
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology -BA
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Florida) -LMHC
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (Illinois) -CADC
National Board Certified Counselor -NCC
Member of the National Coalition for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers
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