Katie Scheuer Hopper, LPCC-S, currently serves as the Clinical Director for Children’s Services at LifeSkills, Inc, a community mental health center located in South Central Kentucky. Katie received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Converse College and her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Western Kentucky University. After starting her career journey as a clinical intern, Katie moved into therapist positions serving children and adolescents in day treatment and later in outpatient clinics. In 2017, Katie was promoted to Center Manager of the children’s outpatient program in the largest of the service counties, ultimately leading to her promotion to her present position. She maintains oversight of outpatient programs, including therapy, targeted case management, high fidelity wraparound and peer support services across the 10 county region as well as the only therapeutic foster care program run by a community mental health center in Kentucky. In addition, Katie chairs the agency Zero Suicide Workgroup heading suicide prevention efforts and is an agency wide trainer for Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR). With experience in both rural communities and in more blended rural/urban areas in the region, and her lived experience growing up in a military family, she brings a unique perspective to the children’s behavioral health picture and the critical need for service availability and collaboration across multiple agencies.
Katie Scheuer Hopper, MA, LPCC-S
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