
Katherine Tirkel, LCSW
Meet Katherine
Where Clinical Expertise Meets
Quantum Transformation
I’m Katherine, a California-licensed clinical social worker and QHHT® practitioner whose work lives at the intersection of psychology, holistic healing, and spirituality.
My path into this work has been both deeply personal and professional. Through my own journey of suffering, healing, and spiritual awakening (I like to call it a remembrance, truthfully), I came to understand the profound connection of the mind, body, and spirit, and to experience firsthand how profoundly our lives can shift when we begin to explore the deeper layers of who we truly are (the core self, the soul), and understand how interconnected we are to the greater infinite universe, our higher power/the Creator, and our divine loving spirit team, angels, guides, and more.
This path has shaped not only what I believe about healing, but informs every aspect of how I view reality, the world, and the universe today. I’ve experienced personally and professionally the understanding that there is an infinite capacity for what’s possible, defying mainstream society’s definition of this.
As a trauma-informed clinician, I have spent over 8 years working with hundreds of adult women (and men) navigating addiction, mental health challenges, and the effects of trauma. Through EMDR, Reiki, and holistic approaches to healing, I have witnessed women reconnect with themselves, move through deeply rooted pain, and discover possibilities they once struggled to imagine. These experiences continuously reinforced my belief that healing is multi-layered and we all are innately designed to heal.
We all are innately designed to heal.
Today, I bring this understanding to my work with Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique® (QHHT®). Through guiding clients into deeper states of consciousness, exploring past-life experiences, and connecting with the Higher Self, or the Superconscious, I’ve witnessed clients gain meaningful insights, experience multi-dimensional levels of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing, and a deeper connection with their own inner wisdom. The possibilities for healing and expansion/insight are quite literally endless.
I know this path because I’ve walked it myself. I am honored to be the loving, nurturing, guide who holds this sacred container with the highest frequency of love & light for you to receive maximum connection, insight, and healing in your session (and after your session)!
I am here for you to explore your deeper oceans that live beneath the surface, as well as connecting with your wise, higher consciousness that understands you to your core and knows what is truly best for you in the highest, most aligned timeline for your soul.
— Katherine

My Belief
“You already have every answer you have ever been searching for. The work is not to acquire wisdom. It is to remember the wisdom you came in with.”
Katherine Tirkel, LCSW
Credentials & Training
Clinical grounding.
Spiritual depth.
QHHT® Level I
Trained in the Dolores Cannon method
Reiki (Usui) II
Level II attuned in the Usui tradition
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Trauma-Informed
Years of clinical specialization in trauma, with a body-based, nervous-system-first approach