Cat McLaughlin, MA, NCC, LPC

National Board Certified Counselor | Licensed Professional Counselor | Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher | Certified Enneagram Coach | Professional School Counselor | EMDR Trained | Rosemary Collaborative owner | Spring Village Center for Therapy & Wellness co-owner | PA PC008857

EDUCATION

LEVEL III AEDP PSYCHOTHERAPIST & EXPERIENTIAL ASSISTANT, CERTIFICATION TRACK
AEDP Institute, New York, NY – 2017 to present

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER (200 HR. CERTIFICATION)
Zenways, London, England, UK – October 2022

EMDR TRAINED CLINICIAN (50 HR. TRAINING)
Maiberger Institute, Boulder CO – September 2020 – September 2021

POST-MASTER'S COUNSELING CERTIFICATE
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA – October 2014 to December 2015

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: SCHOOL COUNSELING
The George Washington University, Washington, DC – June 2006

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATION: PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
American University, Washington, DC – May 1999, Theater Minor – College of Arts and Sciences

EXPERIENCE

ROSEMARY COLLABORATIVE LLC – WYNDMOOR, PA
Licensed Professional Counselor/Owner – October 2017 to present
AEDP Level III therapist, EMDR Mindfulness Meditation teacher
Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy & Coaching for adults specializing in anxiety, overachieving, sensory-processing sensitive & neurodiversity using a blend of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, Mindfulness Meditation & Enneagram
Corporate, Courses, Workshops, & Retreats
Supervision & Consultation

SPRING VILLAGE CENTER FOR THERAPY & WELLNESS, LLC - WYNDMOOR, PA
Partner/owner – October 2021 to present
Manage a community of healers offering a blend of Eastern and Western practices, partnering with people to holistically care for body and mind

SALUS UNIVERSITY – ELKINS PARK, PA
Guest Lecturer, Physician Assistant Program – April 2020-present
Designed a 3-hour lecture, “Types of Therapy” to educate PA students on various approaches to therapy

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY – PHILADELPHIA, PA
Contracted, part-time Staff Therapist – November 2017 to May 2019
Managed a caseload of around 30 college students
Conducted therapeutic groups on mental health topics such as depression and anxiety
Performed outreach to students within classroom settings

ARCADIA UNIVERSITY – GLENSIDE, PA
Clinical Intern, Counseling Services – August 2015 to May 2016
Managed a caseload of around 20 college students
Conducted therapeutic groups on mental health topics such as depression and anxiety
Performed outreach to students within classroom settings

CENTRAL BUCKS SCHOOL DISTRICT & COUNCIL ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT – BUCKS COUNTY, PA
Professional School Counselor – August 2007 to June 2012
Managed a caseload of 150 junior high students and high school students grades 7-9
Conducted therapeutic groups on mental health topics such as depression and anxiety
Performed outreach to students within classroom settings
Liaised with teacher teams, parents, and administration to design custom student support

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/INTERESTS

PA Licensed Professional Counselor (#PC008857); Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC); American Counseling Association (ACA); Pennsylvania Counseling Association (PCA); American Psychological Association (APA); AEDP Institute; Zenways; music & theater

SPECIFIC TRAININGS

AEDP Institute - Diana Fosha, PhD; Jennifer Edlin, MFT; Ronald J Frederick, PhD; Kari Gleiser, PhD; Kate Halliday, LCSW; Jerry Lamagna, LCSW; Benjamin Lipton, LCSW; Ben Medley, LCSW; Jeanne Newhouse, NCPsyA; Karen Pando-Mars, MFT; Natasha Prenn, LCSW; Eileen M. Russell, PhD; SueAnne Piliero, PhD; Steve Shapiro, PhD; Molly Eldridge, LICSW; Liza Greville, LCSW
Undoing Disempowerment: Cultivating Agency in AEDP - Eileen Russell, PhD
AEDP Essential Skills 1: Module 4 - The Processing of Core Affective Experience - Karen Pando-Mars, MFT (Experiential Assistant)
“HOT” Topics in AEDP - Diana Fosha, PhD, Kari Gleiser, PhD, Ben Medley, LCSW with Molly Eldridge, LICSW
Navigating AEDP’s Experiential-Attachment Work in the Context of Trauma, Dissociation and Multiplicity - Kari Gleiser, PhD
The Therapist as Organizing Other: Regulating and building self-structure in dysregulated clients through an AEDP Lens - Jennifer Edlin, MFT
Healing Relational Trauma: Sensitivity and Blind Spots Across Patterns of Attachment - Karen Pando-Mars, MFT
Fine-tuning AEDP Experiential Interventions in Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Contexts: Growing your AEDP Edges as You Help Your Client’s Grow Theirs - Benjamin Lipton, LCSW
AEDP Essential Skills 1 - Jerry Lamagna, LCSW; Kate Halliday, LCSW; Ben Medley, LCSW; Ronald J Frederick, PhD
Transforming Resistance - Steve Shapiro, PhD
AEDP: Immersion Course - Diana Fosha, PhD
EMDR: EMDR Basic Training - Barb Maiberger, LPC, Maiberger Institute
EMDR: EMDR Intensives - Kelly Smyth-Dent, LCSW & Sadie Smith, LMFT, Scaling Up
AEDP Essential Skills Experiential Assistant
Enneagram: Certified Enneagram Applications Professional Training - - Lynda Roberts & Nan Henson, Enneagram Georgia
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training, Health & Wellbeing Course (100 hours) - Julian Daizan Skinner, Zenways
Mindfulness Meditation: Teacher Training, Insight & Spirituality Course (100 hours) - Julian Daizan Skinner, Zenways
Breakthrough to Zen Retreat 2023 - Julian Daizan Skinner, Zenways
Breakthrough to Zen Retreat 2024 - Julian Daizan Skinner, Zenways & Matt Shinkai Kane, Blue Cliff Zen Center
AEDP Individual Supervision - Molly Eldridge, LCSW; Liza Greville, LCSW
AEDP Group Supervision - Jennifer Edlin, MFT, JD; Kate Halliday, LCSW
Chestnut Hill College - Master’s Certificate in Clinical Counseling
The George Washington University - Master’s of Education & Human Development, School Counseling
American University - Bachelor’s of Arts in Communication: Public Communication, Theater Minor