Katie White

Happy Camper

Katie graduated from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia and earned a Master’s degree in community agency counseling from Montevallo University in Montevallo, Alabama.

Katie works diligently to coordinate all adolescent programming and services for ACED’s adolescent clients. She works alongside parents, families and the extended community of all adolescent clients at ACED. She works directly with each client’s school system to ensure each client’s academic needs are carefully coordinated. She is currently completing her advanced Family Based Therapy (FBT) Training, and proud to soon be among the first Southeastern Certified FBT therapists.

She has been at ACED for almost 12 years and has worked with preteen and teenage girls for more than 20 years in various ways. She has been an English teacher, field hockey/lacrosse coach, and a long-time summer-camp counselor. She worked in the community programs Girls’ Inc and Girls on the Run, as well as the director of youth programs on a cruise ship. The cruise ship, Katie says, was by far the craziest job she’s ever had.

She is an avid Wheelhouse Academy member where she excels in challenging herself to be the best, strongest version of herself and is loving every minute of raising up her two rescue cats, Meg and Skye, who might be a little feral.

Although her preferred nickname is Katie, others call her Minion, Sparky, and Katie Lou. Whatever the name, Katie is a ball of energy who loves people, nature, and traveling — enough to scuba dive with sharks and hike the Swiss Alps.

Katie’s perfect Saturday means a hike or coffee with friends or maybe an unexpected adventure, spending time with her felines, a good dinner with family or friends, and then curling up with a good book before bed.