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Trauma Treatment Center
Rio Rancho, NM, United States
Kate Bunch is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in the state of New Mexico. She is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S), an Endorsed Infant Mental Health provider (IMHE-III) and EMDRIA Approved Consultant. She has engaged in continuing education around the treatment of trauma through somatic, attachment and multidisciplinary approaches. Kate has used her training to support children and adolescents regain trust in their attachments to caregivers and families to develop common goals and communication strategies.
Kate has developed a clinic, Trauma Treatment Center, in New Mexico that delivers treatment to address trauma across the lifespan and has had her model of treatment published in the Journal of Counselor Practice and the Journal of Trauma Studies in Education and The Journal of Trauma Studies in Education. She also works with multiple universities to continue to study the impact of treatment as well as innovative treatment practices.
Kate is a co-owner of Mind Body Trauma Institute based out of New Mexico. MInd Body Trauma Institute’s primary focus is to support the training and development of providers across genres from a holistic and trauma focused approach.Offering training that focuses on understanding trauma from any field, trauma treatment in mental health, and the lasting effect of trauma on providers themselves. MBTI will support the ongoing conceptualization of treatment with consultation for providers who are interested.
Kate is the founder of The Jackie Project, a non-profit started to develop ways to increase access to treatment for underserved areas in New Mexico. Additionally they are working to support continued efforts in complex trauma research.
Kate has recevied the George R. Keppler 2019 Outstanding Counselor of the Year from the New Mexico Counseling Association and the Behavioral Health Worker - Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Excellence Award for 2023 from The Children’s Law Institute.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US Eastern Time