Employee Spotlight: Kaitlin Sims Licensed Clinical Therapist, Y&F Home and Community
Kaitlin Sims, a licensed clinical therapist based out of Carmel High School, has been with Aspire for three years. She spends her days at Carmel High School meeting with clients — about 25 clients at any given time — collaborating with school administrators, and working with the intense behavioral classrooms or students with intent to harm themselves or others.
Some clients — oftentimes the most difficult cases — may be referred to Kaitlin from various school administrators such as the school’s social worker, resource officer or other administrators.
Kaitlin helps her clients with potential transportation issues, academic issues and/or behavioral issues. She collaborates with her broader Youth and Family team to assist her clients as they apply and continuously build on the life skills they are learning.
With Kaitlin’s office located at Carmel High School, she is able to be there regularly with her clients. She excitedly recounts stories of students who have since graduated and come back to share with her their successes after graduation. Kaitlin has an exuberant passion for her clients’ success.
A Carmel High School graduate herself, Kaitlin moved to Chicago for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Before coming back home to Indiana, she spent time working with young patients at a wilderness camp, going on long canoe trips and helping her clients learn crucial life and coping skills.
“It’s a rewarding moment when you’ve had a lot of ups and downs with a client but they’re able to persist and meet their goals,” she says. In her downtime, Kaitlin enjoys spending time with her husband and their young son — they love taking their camper on trips together. Here more from Kaitlin!
