Katy McDaniel

Katy McDaniel specializes in anxiety and anxiety-related disorders, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, panic disorder, separation anxiety, performance anxiety, specific phobia, excessive stress, fear, and worry. Her expertise extends to trauma, depression, emotional regulation, eating disorders, relationship issues, family dynamics, life transitions, nightmares, addiction, self-worth, and codependency. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in the person-centered philosophy, in addition to various skills and techniques specifically crafted for each client to promote balance, effective coping, healing, and improvement in their lives. 

Katy possesses clinical expertise from working at the most significant mental health and developmental disabilities service provider in Dallas County, where she provided comprehensive mental health care for adults, encompassing mood disorders, personality disorders, complex trauma, and various anxiety disorders. Her proficiency extends to involvement in treatment programs that address co-occurring psychiatric conditions and intricate trauma that may underlie substance use. Katy's academic background includes a degree in Anthropology from the University of North Texas, and she is currently pursuing a Master's in Clinical Mental Health from The University of North Texas at Dallas. 

In 2015, she chose to step away from the corporate world and embrace a new role - a caregiver for her terminally ill mother and a stay-at-home mom. This period, shaped by the early loss of her father, ignited a profound interest in mental health and its impact on individuals and families. 

In her free time, Katy enjoys spending quality time with her family, respite in alone time, watching movies, reading books, making ice cream, and walking in her neighborhood. Born and raised in Dallas and boasting a lineage extending nine generations in Texas, she and her husband embrace their roles as parents to two sons and as dog parents to Kodi, a rescued Siberian Husky.