Katie Kirch is a 2011 Graduate of the UCONN School of Social Work and received her LCSW in 2013. She is the Clinical Supervisor for The Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program at Wheeler Clinic in Hartford, CT. As an Internationally Certified Gambling Counselor, she has dedicated her career to helping those affected by Gambling Disorders in the state of CT. Katie has continued to develop her professional skills by becoming an EMDR therapist and an Acupuncture Detox Specialist and has taught Social Work courses as an Adjunct Professor at the UCONN School of Social Work in Hartford, CT. Katie has also been able to share her knowledge and experiences on a national level where she presented at the National Conference on Problem Gambling at both the Orlando, Florida Conference in 2014 and in Baltimore, Maryland in 2015.