EducationPhD Clinical Psychology
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Kate Licastro, PhDWilliamsburg, VADr. Kate Licastro is a dynamic, versatile leader, consultant, and coach who brings over 18 years of experience fostering transformation and growth for individuals, teams, and organizations. Kate applies expertise in human behavior, organizational effectiveness, and behavioral science to facilitate the development of strong leaders and healthy organizations.
Kate has provided coaching, consultation and training for teams in government, healthcare, finance, business operations, legal, non-profit, and hospitality. She has also worked extensively in the healthcare sector as a clinician and leader. Kate’s professional experience includes expertise in organizational change management, where she has significant applied change management experience for large-scale, complex change projects. She has led and worked remotely for almost a decade and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience in building successful virtual teams and organizations. Kate’s training as a clinical psychologist influences her coaching through a deep understanding of barriers and catalysts to behavior change, healthy emotion regulation and stress management strategies, and a focus on work-life wellness and effectiveness. She excels at coaching leaders to recognize and maximize their impact and influence consistent with their values, strengths, and professional and organizational goals. Former clients and colleagues describe Kate as having an “exquisite combination of skill and preparation built on an astute understanding of what [her] client needs.” She has a “brilliant mind, high professional standards, and ‘walks the walk’ of organization and individual development.” |
Areas of SpecializationChange Management Leadership Development Virtual Team Effectiveness Virtual Management Psychometric Assessment Emotional Intelligence Interpersonal Effectiveness Work-Life Wellness Employee Engagement Workforce Surveys Workshop Design and Delivery |
Training + CertificationLicensed Psychologist Hogan Leadership Inventories 360 Emotional intelligence/EQ-I Everything DiSC suite Prosci Change Management Procsi train-the-trainer Strengthsfinder Five Dysfunctions of a Team NTL Organizational Diagnosis Advanced Virtual Facilitator |