About Kate Rodarte, MA, LPC
I'm a telehealth therapist in Colorado who specializes in the people everyone else depends on, and who rarely gets asked how they're doing.
You've Been the Strong One for a Long Time and It's Starting to Cost You
You show up. Every shift, every call, every school pickup, every meeting. You keep things running. You hold it together when everything around you is falling apart, because that's what you do. That's who you are.
But lately something is different. You're snapping at the people you love for no reason. You're lying awake replaying things you can't change. You don't feel like yourself, but you can't quite explain what's different. You've gotten this far without asking for help, and part of you wonders if doing it now means you're finally cracking.
It doesn't. It means you're paying attention to something real.
The people I work with aren't broken. They're depleted. There's a difference, and it's an important one. You don't have to be in crisis to deserve support. You just have to be carrying more than one person was meant to carry alone.
Meet Kate, A Therapist in Colorado Who Knows This World
I'm Kate Rodarte, MA, LPC (License: LPC.0023315), and I'm a telehealth therapist based in Colorado. I work specifically with first responders, veterans, service members and their families, healthcare workers, and moms who have been holding everything together for everyone else.
My approach is collaborative and trauma-informed. I move at your pace. I don't push for details before you're ready to share them. And I'm direct, not in a way that's harsh, but in a way that respects your time and tells you the truth. If something is worth naming, I'll name it. That's what most of my clients actually need.
What I care about most in the therapy room is that you feel like you can say what's actually going on, not the version you've been telling everyone else.
My Christian faith also shapes how I show up, not as something I impose, but as something I bring. If a faith-based lens is meaningful to you, we can work from that place together.
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor
EMDR Trained
5 Years Experience
Culturally Aware Care You Won't Have to Explain
I didn't come to this population through a research paper or a practicum placement. I came to it through my life.
My mom is retired law enforcement. I spent my childhood watching her carry the weight of that job home, the hypervigilance, the difficulty unwinding, the way it lives in you long after the shift ends. My husband served twenty years in the Army. I know what it looks like to move every few years, to hold a family together during deployment, to be the one everyone else leans on. My best friend is a nurse, I've watched the toll of long shifts and compounding stress close up, for years. And I'm a mom. I know burnout from the inside.
That background shapes how I show up in sessions. You won't have to spend the first month explaining your culture, the stigma around asking for help, or why the job follows you home. I already understand the basics. We can get to the actual work faster because of it.
My clinical training and lived experience aren't separate. They work together. And that's what I bring to every session.
What a Collaborative Counseling Approach Actually Feels Like
Sessions with me are conversational. I'm not going to sit quietly and wait for you to fill the silence. I engage, I ask questions, I push back when something's worth examining. And I listen, not just to what you're saying, but to what's underneath it.
In the first few sessions, I focus on getting to know you. What brought you here. What your life actually looks like. What's working and what isn't. I don't rush that process, but I also don't let it drag. Most clients tell me they leave the first couple of sessions with at least one concrete thing they can use before we meet again. That matters to me.
We work at your pace. You decide what to share and when. I never push for more than you're ready to give. But I will gently reflect what I notice, because that's usually where the useful stuff is.
Therapy with me may feel different from what you've tried before, less like talking about feelings in the abstract, more like making sense of specific things and building real skills. That's intentional.
Therapy for the People Who Help Everyone Else
I work with adults who are good at their jobs, devoted to the people they love, and quietly struggling in ways they haven't told anyone about. Most of them waited longer than they needed to before reaching out.
First Responders
Law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers, corrections officers, navigating burnout, critical incident stress, hypervigilance, and the difficulty of leaving the job at the door
Veterans and Active Duty Service Members
Processing the weight of service, adjusting to civilian life, or managing what years of duty have left behind
First Responder and Military Spouses
Carrying the household, managing the worry, and rarely being asked how they're doing
Healthcare Workers
Nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals running on compassion fatigue and not enough support
Burned-out Moms
Who love their families deeply and have slowly lost themselves in the process
Faith-Based Support
For clients who want it, I integrate a Christian, faith-based lens into our work together. It's never assumed and never required, but if your faith is part of how you make sense of the world, we can build that into your sessions.
All sessions are conducted via telehealth, which means I can work with anyone across Colorado, whether you're in Aurora, Denver, Parker, Castle Rock, or anywhere in between.
Ready to Start Your Healing Journey?
If you're tired of feeling stuck in the same patterns and ready to discover what it feels like to be truly confident in who you are, I'd love to talk with you.
