Katie Bellas, LCSW, MFA, is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She works with adults, adolescents, and children. Katie completed her postgraduate psychoanalytic training at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), a multi-theoretical institute grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic practice.

In addition to her clinical work, Katie is actively involved in teaching and supervision at PPSC. She serves as a Faculty Member in the Four-Year Psychoanalysis Program, Director and Group Supervisor of the MSW Internship Program, and Co-Facilitator of the PPSC Colloquium Series. She has also published on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social work students and clinical training.

A native New Yorker, Katie has a background in the arts. Before becoming a clinician, she earned an MFA in Fiction Writing and spent many years working as a writer and editor. This creative training continues to inform how she listens, thinks, and works therapeutically, particularly her interest in narrative and meaning-making.