"Little Creek Lodge" with Katie McKendry, (MS, LPC, CCS)

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Meet Kati Mckendry
Clinical Director, MS, LPC, CCS

Katie’s primary role is to oversee the clinical programming and staff at Little Creek Lodge and Little Creek Outpatient Services. Katie works to constantly improve the treatment offered at LCL and LCOPS, in order to meet with individual and community needs of the clients we serve. She works closely with the staff to ensure clients and their families are getting the best care possible. Katie finds it essential to spend time getting to know all clients and their families and enjoys working directly with them throughout their treatment experience.

Katie resides with her husband and two young daughters in Clarks Green, PA. In addition to Little Creek Lodge, Katie in her free time enjoys riding her road bike.

Education:
Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Pennsylvania

• MS, Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Scranton, 2011
  • Outstanding Rehabilitation Counseling Student, 2011
  • Member of Chi Sigma Iota honor society
• BS, Counseling and Human Services, University of Scranton, 2009
  • Graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors
  • Member of Tau Upsilon Alpha honor society

Prior Work Experience:
Prior to joining Little Creek Lodge, Katie worked as a Drug and Alcohol Counselor at Pyramid Healthcare, an inpatient adolescent drug and alcohol

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Chapter

1. INTRO (00:00:00)

2. Growing up in a small town in New Jersey. (00:03:29)

3. There’s something strangely wholesome about being transparent. (00:09:57)

4. The Elizabeth Smart show and anxiety. (00:14:23)

5. The fear of not being able to control reality. (00:17:25)

6. When did you start drinking? (00:24:08)

7. What was it like to be a product of a Jesuit culture? (00:32:13)

8. How do you escape the reality of what’s happening? What is the future? (00:37:50)

9. Katie’s story of recovery from alcoholism. (00:46:13)

10. How recovery starts while you’re drunk and how it’s not what you think. (00:50:57)

11. What was it like to apply for this social workers program? (00:54:59)

12. The 90-day transitional living model (00:58:45)

13. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs. Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. (01:04:55)

14. What’s been missing in the recovery process? (01:09:06)

15. Meditation as a non-medicinal intervention. (01:17:54)

16. What are some of the changes you’ve seen at Little Creek? How has it changed? (01:22:46)

17. The best things can happen if you allow them to happen? (01:28:09)