Katie Wicik

M.Ed, CAMFT Associate Member

Katie Wicik is a therapist under supervision whose services include parent coaching, relational coaching and family therapy. Katie has over 25 years of mental health, neurodivergence and addictions experience in both hospital and community settings. Katie completed the Couple and Family Therapy Studies Advanced Certificate with distinction at the University of Guelph and Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT). She completed an M.Ed with distinction in Special Education and Counselling from Brock University and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Toronto in Psychoanalytic Thought.

Katie’s work with parents, couples and families is tailored to the uniqueness of presenting issues and contextual factors. Therapeutic approaches that Katie draws on include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy, Collaborative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Her work with individuals, couples and families includes a range of presenting issues such as life transitions, separation and divorce, grief and loss, betrayal, and mental illness. Katie’s work during relational coaching is tailored to a variety of presenting issues that may impact relationships. In particular, Katie’s focus in counselling is often when one partner is affected by their loved one’s mental health issues. Katie also focuses on working with one partner (in a couple) when the other partner might not be open to relational coaching. This may also be a compliment to individual therapy that an individual is receiving at FTPS.

Her work with parents is tailored to the range of presenting issues that impact parent child relationships in particular for families affected by a loved one’s mental health which might include strengthening co-parenting, when an adolescent/adult child is not open to mental health support and caregiver self-compassion. 

A particular area of focus for Katie is working with families who have a loved one with OCD, hoarding, anxiety, depression, ADHD and giftedness.

Katie has teaching and research experience in University, College, and hospital settings in addition to providing supervision to students. Katie has been a mental health media specialist and highlighted in various media outlets. Throughout her career she has served on several Board of Directors in addition to executive and philanthropic committees that have a focus on women and children, healthcare, and community.