Katrin Christensen-Cowan

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Yoga Teacher 

It is hard to be a human right now—even with creature comforts beyond our grandparents’ wildest dreams, daily life right now can feel like being bombarded by chaos and pain, in our own lives, in the wider world. Often therapy starts as a place to slow down and begin to see and make meaning of what you have been through/are going through. Over time, therapy can help you understand and shift relational patterns, process grief and trauma, or learn how to use yoga and breathwork to calm or energize your nervous system.

Katrin's love for yoga began in college and has continued ever since.  Although she initially planned for a career in policy work after graduating from Stanford University with a degree in American Studies, her mother's cancer diagnosis and subsequent death changed her path. The experience of caring for her mother and grieving her loss moved her away from policy work and toward direct work with people.  She felt an urgency about wanting to live a good life, heartache and all, and about wanting to support others in doing the same.    

She completed a yoga teacher training and started teaching yoga classes, went to graduate school for a Master’s of Social Work (MSW) degree and completed a post-graduate clinical fellowship through The Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.  She has done thousands of hours of yoga and therapy trainings over the years with many beloved teachers.   In 2010, she started Water’s Edge Psychotherapy.  She works with individuals, couples, and groups from late adolescence through elder hood, addressing a wide range of issues, from acute crises to a longing for more fulfillment in life and relationships. 

Katrin has particular expertise in friendship and helping people develop and deepen their support systems. She is also experienced in helping people navigate transitions, including relationship endings, career changes, and parenthood, and in helping women and couples navigate the complexities of pregnancy, loss, fertility treatments, and adoption.

Outside of work and her daily yoga practice, Katrin loves music, reading, movement and being outside in every season.   Friendship is a central joy and priority in her life, as is her family, including her husband and two school aged children.   She is mom to three kids, the eldest of whom, Caleb, died as an infant.   Caleb, like her mom, has been one of the great teachers in her life, and has helped her live into both joys and sorrows larger than anything she could have imagined.   It is the work of her life to sit with others and support them as they learn to do the same.