Kate Ketchum, PhD, LPC

Core Faculty

Education

PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Arkansas
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Denver Seminary

Field of Expertise

Adventure therapy
Play therapy
Holistic wellness
Internal Family Systems therapy
Adolescence and Young Adult therapy

Licensure

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Colorado

Biography

Kate Ketchum is a licensed professional counselor with a PhD in counselor education and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. Over the last five years Kate has worked in the mental health field as a counselor, educator and supervisor. Kate’s passions and professional specialties include: adventure therapy, play therapy, creativity in counseling and eco-wellness. As a daughter of God, Kate loves walking alongside people to help them know who they are and whose they are. She is passionate about the counseling space being a place of healing and discovering identity. Kate is excited to continue her work at Liberty University as an assistant professor in the counselor training and family studies program. She is the proud wife to Connor Ketchum and mom to Lennon Lee Ketchum.

She is excited to support her husband in his calling as the founder and director of The Quarry Project, a faith-based father/son camp in Alaska in the summers. In her free time, Kate loves endurance running and working out, drinking good coffee, making sourdough, listening to wellness podcasts, and adventuring with her family and friends outdoors.