Caitlin Kraus, LPCC, LPMT

Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Professional Music Therapist in the state of Ohio. She received her Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health and Rehabilitation Counseling as well as her Master of Music in Music Therapy from Ohio University. At OU CPS, she provides individual and group counseling as well as crisis intervention services. She also serves as liaison to the Patton College of Education, co-facilitates Bobcats Who Care trainings, and is a member of the Training committee and Arts for Prescription committee. She is President-Elect for the Southeast Ohio Counseling Association (SEOCA), a regional chapter of the Ohio Counseling Association. Before joining CPS, Caitlin provided individual and group counseling services to adult clients in community mental health and co-occurring mental health/substance abuse settings. She has also served as a music therapy professor at Ohio University and has provided individual and group music therapy services to adults and adolescents in community mental health, inpatient psychiatric, forensic, substance abuse rehabilitation, and domestic violence shelter settings in Athens and Columbus, OH as well as Austin, TX. Her therapeutic style is rooted in a humanistic approach but is largely integrative—including the use of cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, narrative therapy, existential therapy, and feminist therapy. Areas of interest include college student and community mental health and well-being, trauma-informed/focused care, multicultural issues, anxiety, depression, grief, and suicide prevention. When not working as a counselor and music therapist, Caitlin enjoys writing and performing her own folk/rock music as well as playing old-time Appalachian tunes with musicians in the Athens, OH community. She also enjoys drawing, making collages, reading, hiking, and spending time with her family, friends, and dogs.