She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2010 and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Akron Counseling Center. She uses feminist, relational cultural, and gestalt approaches to therapy, with particular interest in LGBTQ concerns, Asian and Asian American identity, and interpersonal trauma. Katharine initiated the Oberlin Suicide Prevention Coalition in 2012, with a grant from the Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health. Her writing and research interests include sense of belonging, vicarious traumatization, and social class.