Kate -Telehealth Psychotherapist

Kate Kehayes, MS, LCMHC (she/her) joined Obsidian Care Collective, PLLC in December, 2023, providing care to clients virtually. Kate is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (Lic# 15548) in the State of North Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance (2009) and Master of Science in Counselor Education (2017) from East Carolina University. Kate has been a practicing psychotherapist since 2017.

Kate’s practice is informed by her lived experience as a creative human who uses a bionic arm. She loves supporting others who may inhabit differently abled bodies and brains as they seek enjoyment and liberation through education, support, and accommodation.

Before working with Obsidian Care Collective, Kate was a psychotherapist at a community behavioral health agency in Raleigh, NC providing individualized care to teens and adults including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, ACT, and Solution-Focused therapy.

Kate has also served as the Student Success Coordinator working with students seeking higher education at a community college in Wilson, NC.  During her time, she established the first campus-wide holistic wellness program serving students and staff with a fully functioning food pantry and on-going wellness programming. In 2017, she delivered the commencement speech to the East Carolina University, College of Education graduating class.  

Across her experiences, Kate maintains a passion for removing barriers and increasing access for anyone seeking self-improvement. As your therapist, she aims to create a healthy supportive alliance with clients by utilizing transparency, humor, and radical acceptance to create space for exploring our authentic selves.

At Obsidian Care Collective, Kate provides individual therapy to adolescents and adults who are seeking support. Kate enjoys working with creative individuals, folks managing social anxiety, life transitions, and general mental health care needs.

When Kate is not providing clinical services for their clients, they enjoy growing things, trying out new vegan recipes, and spending time with their partner and their two dogs; Petra and Ollie.

Please note that Kate provides clinical services via our HIPAA protected telehealth platform.

Kate’s Areas of Expertise:

• Psychotherapy for youth and adults with depression, anxiety, and other mental health experiences

• C-PTSD, Posttraumatic Stress and trauma recovery

• Neurodivergence

• Gender-affirming psychotherapy

• Career transitions as they intersect with identity-affirming work

• Celebratory psychotherapy for fat folks and folks with differing abilities

• Supportive psychotherapy for emerging mental health colleagues including: graduate students, associate level therapists, and others working in community care roles

February 2025: Kate has limited openings for virtual sessions only. Please complete the contact form at the link HERE and submit your information to schedule a no cost consultation. Folks at Obsidian know that making that first contact with a new therapist is a big deal. As such, we aim to reply to inquiries within the same business day.