Kasie Caswell

Anytime I think about what led me to this field, the one line that comes to mind is: I want to be the person I needed when I was a kid. Being able to give back to the people who helped get me through, and really make sure that no kid and no adult ever felt hopeless or alone or stuck - that's what brought me here. I'm able to provide the coping skills and the support and hope in general. In my current role as a behavioral health team lead, I supervise about 6 to 8 people and still do direct therapy for a caseload of clients. I do a little bit of both. I've also supervised interns and clinically supervised folks who are working on getting their own licensures. What I love most about this work are those really key moments where I'm sitting in front of someone and they have a realization, or they look at you and the smile just goes across their face, or that feeling of them coming back and saying, wow, I feel better, or this is a lot easier, or hey, this is working. Being able to see that change in them, and see them living a life that they want to live, not held back by some of the challenges or struggles they were previously experiencing - just being able to see them grow and learn and turn into the people they want to be, not impacted by their mental health.