Your Financial Therapist

About Me

Kate Dorman

As a personal finance nerd turned mental health therapist, I love exploring the roles early experiences, relationships, values, culture, social media, and feelings play in one’s relationship to money and financial behaviors. I enjoy connecting with people and truly striving to understand their thoughts, beliefs, and intentions. I am passionate about helping people feel confident and in control of their personal finances and enjoy celebrating the small successes on the journey to reaching major accomplishments. I know the inexplicably wonderful feeling that accompanies improving your money mindset and strengthening your personal financial circumstances, and I get that same feeling every time I can be a part of that journey for someone else.

I received my Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington in Seattle. Currently, I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington, Massachusetts, and Illinois and a designated Mental Health Professional. I am also a Certified Financial Social Worker as well as a Certified Financial Therapist through the Financial Therapy Association.

Qualifications

Master of Social Work with Clinical Social Work endorsement through the University of Washington, Seattle

Certified Financial Therapist™ through the Financial Therapy Association

Certified Financial Social Worker through the Center for Financial Social Work

Graduate of The Trauma of Money course through The Trauma of Money Institute

Presenter, Financial Therapy Association Conference 2026