Ivy Katz (She/Her)

Ivy Katz is a Licensed professional counselor in the state of Oregon. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark college, as well as completing their Ecopsychology certificate program. Ivy has worked for Heron Hill since 2012 and has been a significant contributor to the development and evolution of our programing. Ivy is grateful to have begun her time at Heron Hill as a graduate student, which then led to eventually becoming a clinical supervisor with a passion in providing graduate students who wish to practice from an experiential, relational and ecopsychology theoretical framework a place to put their learning into practice.

Ivy also has a bachelors degree in Human Development with a focus in the therapeutic use of Adventure Education as well as Dance from Prescott College. She has worked in the mental health field since 2007. Prior to working at the Center at Heron Hill she spent several years working for a few different wilderness therapy programs, and gained competence and excitement in working with clients from an ecopsychology framework. Ivy has also traveled the country extensively facilitating Trauma informed yoga trainings from 2013 to 2019.

In regards to Ivy's therapeutic approach, she has completed several professional trainings in somatic, mindfulness based, trauma informed and experiential approaches to therapy. This includes training in Hakomi Body Centered Psychotherapy, EMDR, CIMBS (complex integration of multiple brain systems), trauma informed yoga, Natural Lifesmanship’s trauma focused equine assisted psychotherapy and is also a certified equine assisted psychotherapist through the equine assisted growth and learning association (EAGALA). In the fall of 2023 Ivy completed an Equine facilitated EMDR training through Equilateral. She works with kids, teens, and adults.

In Ivy's free time she enjoys camping, paddleboarding, swimming, going to concerts, skiing and playing uno with her family.