Katie Walker is a Licensed Certified Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist, and trauma specialist with over 10 years of experience and more than 15,000 hours of direct therapy work. Katie is deeply committed to helping individuals of all ages heal from trauma and manage anxiety, empowering them to navigate life’s challenges with greater resilience and emotional balance. Her dedication earned her recognition as Central Arkansas’s Top Kids Mental Health Therapist in 2020 and as a top trauma therapist in the state by AY Magazine in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Katie is also the Founder and CEO of Grow and Guide Kids, a business focused on providing simple, effective techniques for parents, teachers, and childcare professionals when working with children. Through this platform, Katie travels and trains groups nationwide and has authored four social-emotional children’s books. In addition to her professional achievements, Katie offers a unique perspective as a patient in the groundbreaking MindMed study on microdosing for generalized anxiety disorder. After years of debilitating, treatment-resistant anxiety, Katie experienced life-changing results through the study, which highlighted the transformative potential of psychedelic medicine. Her personal and professional journey has made her a passionate advocate for advancing research and conversations about these emerging treatments. Katie will share her insights and experiences on the patient panel at the BIO International Conference, contributing to the evolving dialogue on psychedelic medicine going mainstream.