Katherine Villard-Pichierri

Katherine Villard-Pichierri is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with ten years of professional experience. She completed an undergraduate degree in political science with a focus on human rights at Simon's Rock College of Bard and earned a master’s degree in counseling with a concentration in trauma studies and marginalized communities from Lesley University.

She began her career in human services as a teenager and has served in roles including tutor, coach, big sister, caseworker, clinician and program coordinator across a variety of agencies. Over the past decade she has worked in schools, residential programs, detention facilities, outpatient clinics, urgent care and crisis centers, emergency rooms and veterans programs, supporting people in both urban and rural communities.

Her clinical approach draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma-focused therapy, mindfulness and solution-focused methods. She also assists people in connecting with appropriate community resources. She approaches clinical work with the belief that life can be difficult and that people can heal and recover with support, guidance and practical resources.