Kaytlyn Gillis
Kaytee is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, and educator who specializes in working with survivors of family and relationship trauma, including survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and domestic violence in the LGBTQIA+ community. Kaytee is a white woman from the northeast, with a master’s degree in social work from Tulane University and is a current PhD student at Michigan State University, where she is studying domestic violence. She has extensive experience working with survivors of IPV and provides training on how to recognize IPV and how to support survivors, helping them move forward. She has published two books on the topic of healing from IPV/domestic violence, including Invisible Bruises: How a Better Understanding of the Patterns of Domestic Violence Can Help Survivors Navigate the Legal System, and It’s Not High Conflict, It’s Post Separation Abuse, as well as two books on the topic of childhood family of origin trauma. Kaytee identifies as Queer and is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.