Dr. Cat Poehling, LCSW-BACS, LCSW-S, SEP (she/they)
What to expect working with Dr. Cat
You don’t have to keep carrying it alone, healing starts here.
Cat provides relational trauma therapy for women and LGBTQ+ clients who are ready for meaningful, embodied change. Through her integrative approach rooted in Somatic Experiencing® and Internal Family Systems (IFS), you’ll gently explore the impacts of trauma and stress to reconnect with your body and build inner trust and resilience.
Clients working with Dr. Cat can expect:
A deeply attuned, relational space where you feel safe and seen
Tools to regulate your nervous system and process anxiety, depression, burnout, and overwhelm
Support to identify and shift long-held survival patterns
Guidance to reconnect with your intuition, authenticity, boundaries, and sense of self
A personalized healing process that honors your pace and your story
If talk therapy hasn’t gone far enough, or if you're craving a more embodied path to wholeness, this may be the support you’ve been waiting for.
About Dr. Cat
Dr. Cat Poehling is a joyful and justice-driven trauma therapist, reproductive justice scholar, and educator. She has over 20 years of experience working alongside diverse communities in healing and transformation. She holds advanced Social Work and Disaster Resilience & Leadership degrees from Tulane University and brings an expert clinical lens to her work. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Level 2 trained Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, and Level 1 trained Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience (DARe) practitioner. Dr. Poehling’s work is rooted in compassion and curiosity, specializing in trauma psychotherapy for women and LGBTQ+ folks. She’s also a sought-after clinical supervisor, program evaluator, and researcher exploring how Somatic Experiencing can support lasting change. Whether in the therapy room, classroom, or community, Dr. Poehling brings heart, rigor, and a sense of adventure to everything she does.
Selected Certifications & Trainings
Somatic Experiencing® Professional, Dr. Glyndie Nickerson, PhD, SEP, Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP
SE Assistant Beginning-Intermediate, Dr. Glyndie Nickerson, PhD, SEP
Internal Family Systems, Level 1 and 2, Kay Gardner, MS, LCPC, IFS Certified, Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, RCYT, RPTS, IFS Certified David Kitchings, LPC, IFS Certified
IFS Consultation with Dr. Frank Anderson
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience (DARe), Level 1, Alicen Halquist, MA, LPC, SEP, DARe
Advanced Eco-somatic EMDR, Kathryn Dieztway, LCSW-BACS
Advanced IFS-EMDR, Kendal Hart, LPC
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, Basic Training, Bill White and
See a full list of trainings on Dr. Cat’s CV
Education
Doctor of Social Work, Tulane University
Master of Social Work, Tulane University
Master of Science in Disaster Resilience Leadership, Tulane University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Licensure
Louisiana LCSW-BACS #13672
Mississippi LCSW #C10452