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Meet Kat Primeau

I’m a lifelong creative whose work around grief, death, chronic illness, and recurrent insomnia is grounded in both professional training and lived experience.

My clients say I bring a calm, uplifting presence. They come to me as thoughtful, sensitive people navigating life’s most profound transitions - mourning a person, a pet, an empty nest, a lost health, a relationship, a dream for their future, or an identity once held dear. Therapy with me is intentionally slow enough to make room for bereaved and lamenting parts of yourselves to find spaciousness.

Integrating CBT-I and IFS, I offer practical support for being in relationship with yourself in grief, for patterns that can disrupt sleep,  along with a gentle curiosity about meaning-making in the midst of uncertainties. Together, we can gently understand the parts of you carrying stress, vigilance, or pressure while building new rhythms that support greater rest, steadiness, and trust in yourself.

I am an Associate Clinical Social Worker, #140176, supervised by Courtney Watson, LPCC #21190. Trained and experienced in grief education and consultation, CBT-I for insomnia, and IFS-informed meditative practice, I support sensitive, high-achieving adults whose sense of self has been disrupted by bereavement, chronic illness, caregiving, relationship loss, suicide loss, dementia loss, and unexpected shifts in the life they imagined.

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My clients are introspective adults learning to live with grief and ambiguity when loss has disrupted not only their lives but also the capable, driven version of themselves they once relied on.

Grief-stricken by the loss of a dream, a place, a person, or an identity, you may also be navigating sleeplessness and the constant demands of the sandwich generation, caring for both your children and aging parents.

You have questions about your own mortality, or perhaps you haven’t yet found words sufficient to give voice to your experience. You may be asking:

Who am I now?

Why am I still struggling with this?

What happens next?

You’re so used to holding everything together that it can be surprising how destabilizing recent changes have been. Or perhaps you’re anticipating a major change and want to ground yourself before weathering what lies ahead.

You may feel overwhelmed, sad, anxious, depleted, or numb. You may also feel relief, gratitude, hope, and guilt for having those feelings at all.

Perhaps you’re someone who thinks and feels deeply. You understand much of your experience intellectually, yet still feel disconnected from yourself emotionally or physically.

I help my clients integrate grief and loss, reorient toward what matters now, and find cathartic, creative expression for what is difficult to put into words. Sometimes we need practical tools and concrete strategies. Sometimes we need to sit with something that cannot be fixed.

Working together, you may learn to:

  • Use mindfulness to experience more presence and less reactivity

  • Find greater order and meaning in experiences that feel chaotic or overwhelming

  • Approach difficult or hidden parts of yourself with curiosity and compassion

  • Reconnect with your values and make choices that feel more aligned

  • Feel braver and more empowered in the face of uncertainty

  • Access humor, creativity, and play as sources of resilience

 

Life may never be the same, and that’s OK.

Loss and life-altering diagnoses can challenge us to re-examine what holds meaning and value in our lives. Healing may mean having your pain witnessed, learning to live alongside uncertainty, and becoming more compassionate toward the parts of yourself you’ve been afraid to confront.

It may look like sleeping better, setting a boundary, asking for help, making art, performing a ritual, reconnecting with your body, feeling inspired, or finding authentic laughter again.

My hope is that therapy becomes an empowering place to process what has happened, experience catharsis, calm your nervous system, and reconnect with the wisdom and brilliance of your full humanity.

Together, we can honor what has been lost, listen for what matters most now, and explore all that is still possible with your one wild and precious life.

Special welcome to Creatives • Grievers • Caregivers • People navigating chronic illness and insomnia • The sandwich generation • Those facing anticipatory grief or end-of-life concerns • Highly sensitive and introspective people

Postgraduate degree in social work: California State University, Northridge

Specialized Training(s): IFS-Informed mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Trauma-focused CBT, Psychological First Aid, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium (GSWEC), End-of-Life Specialist, Grief Educator

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