Kallie Kurtz LCSW/LICSW

CONVENOR, DESIGNER, and CLINICAL DIRECTOR

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A Bit About Kallie

Kallie is a licensed behavioral health clinician and systems strategist recognized for her ability to move seamlessly between one-on-one clinical care and large-scale policy reform.

Her work spans emergency departments, rural behavioral health systems, violence prevention leadership, and statewide public health initiatives. She is known for building meaningful collaborations across disciplines, bringing clinicians, community members, policymakers, and organizations into alignment around human-centered and environment-centered solutions.

For her leadership in youth violence prevention in Portland, Kallie was awarded the Spirit of Portland Award for Outstanding Young Leader, honoring her structural contributions to community safety and long-term prevention.

Kallie’s approach integrates neuroscience, trauma-informed care, systems theory, and policy strategy. She understands that behavioral health is shaped not only by individual biology and experience, but by relationships, culture, institutions, and physical environments. Her work bridges the personal and the structural, supporting individuals in moments of vulnerability while designing systems that reduce harm at scale.

Whether in the clinic, at the lip of a waterfall or at the policy table, she leads with clarity, collaboration, and accountability, creating solutions that are both deeply human and built to last.

Kallie's upcoming speaking engagements:

PNWWILDMED: Backcountry Behavioral Health

May 12th - 7pm

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES

Kallie specializes in working with individuals navigating trauma, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety and other high-stress or high-demand environments, helping clients understand and regulate their nervous systems, rebuild safety, and cultivate resilience. Her approach is rooted in neuroscience and recognizes how experience, biology, and environment shape both behavior and healing.

She integrates evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment Theory, and Solution-Focused Therapy, along with bilateral stimulation techniques to support trauma processing, nervous system regulation, and integration. treatment is tailored to meet the client where they are, blending structure with flexibility to create sustainable, meaningful change.

Her style is collaborative, practical, and deeply compassionate grounded in neuroscience, shaped by social context, informed by lived experience, and rooted in the belief that healing occurs when people feel safe, understood, and empowered.

Kallie offer's diagnostics & behavioral health treatment/therapy, she frequently works with:

TRAUMA, PTSD & CPSTD

managing trauma, burnout,

and moral injury

First responders, healthcare professionals, those that work in conflict, peace and security, and military and veterans.

while navigating the challenges, demands, and inequities of our social context,

daily life, and major life transitions

ADHD

focusing on psychoeducation,

emotional regulation, and executive functioning through a strengths based and compassionate lens

Outdoor professionals and adventurers

navigating risk, loss, and resilience in

high-risk environments

Survivors of complex trauma, abuse, and coercive control

seeking to rebuild autonomy, safety,

and self-trust

LGBTQ+ community members

seeking gender-affirming care , acceptance, and support

REACH OUT FOR CLINICAL SERVICES WITH KALLIE

COLLABORATION, CONSULTING,
SPEAKING, & TRAINING SPECIALTIES

Kallie provides consultation, training, and collaboration for organizations, agencies, and leaders seeking to strengthen their approach to behavioral health, trauma-informed care, and crisis response. With experience spanning clinical practice, emergency departments, community health, outdoor leadership and statewide behavioral health and public health policy, she bridges the worlds of systems design, direct service, and lived human experience.