Kitt Klassen, LCPC

Kitt, a white person with buzzed hair, looks into the camera while sitting in front of a small waterfall and green foliage. They are wearing a tie-dye tee and a blue and green plaid long-sleeve shirt. They have pink, blue, and white glasses on.

Kitt is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) providing therapy in the Baltimore, MD area. Kitt uses they/them pronouns and identifies as trans and nonbinary.

Kitt offers individual, relationship, and family therapy in person at their shared office in Baltimore, MD and virtually through telehealth for clients located in Maryland.

Kitt uses a tailored approach to therapy that takes into account each client’s needs, identity, background, and goals. They use techniques from EMDR, IFS, Mindfulness, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and other approaches to help clients find their way to true authenticity. Learn more about Kitt’s background, training, and education in the sections below.

Modalities (lenses through which I practice counseling):

My identities, privileges, and social location:

  • White

  • Neurodivergent

  • Trans & nonbinary

  • Queer (bisexual/omnisexual)

  • Small fat / midsize

  • Primarily able-bodied but experience some chronic illness including mental health disability

  • Currently middle class, grew up upper-middle class; have never experienced housing or food insecurity

  • Heterosexual parents who are married and remain together

  • US citizen from birth

  • No religious affiliation, but assumed Anglo-Christian privilege

  • Hold a graduate degree and have had access to higher education through familial support

My Training, Education, and Experience:

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Towson University (2022)

Coursework:

  • Special Topics Seminar on Trauma and PTSD

  • Beyond the Gender/Sex Binary: Implications for Research and Practice

  • Human Sexuality: Counseling Approaches

Recognition:

  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Counseling Psychology

Full year Internship and Practicum at Carroll County Youth Service Bureau (CCYSB), a community mental health clinic focused on youth and families (2021-22)

  • Group Facilitator - Support group for parents and caregivers of LGBTQ+ youth

  • Group Facilitator - Therapy group for adolescents in substance use treatment

One and a half years post-graduate practice at the Maryland Center for Gender & Intimacy, a private psychotherapy practice focused on therapy for sexual and gender minorities and erotically marginalized clients (2022-24)

  • Group Facilitator, TransFamily - Support group for parents, caregivers, and adult family members of trans and nonbinary youth

Certifications and training:

Previous work experience:

  • Legal advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence

  • Funding and practical support to increase abortion access

  • Peer sex education and supportive resource development