Kathy is a CA licensed therapist with thirty years experience working with survivors of child
abuse, rape, PTSD and trauma. Profoundly conversant with the human cost of violence and
the long journey required to return to normalcy, Kathy created and directed several
treatment programs to aid victims, and taught regionally and nationally on the topic of
trauma. Shortly after the ceasefire in the Balkans, she was invited to Bosnia to work with
women and child refugees. Operating mostly without an interpreter, she improvised ways to
work with the survivors, and traveled through the countryside, meeting former combatants
and experiencing the reality of a barely recovered war zone still occupied by UN troops. She
combined all these work/ life experiences with her extensive skills as an interviewer to
initiate, produce and creatively shape the content and structure of Common Sky, in
partnership with Anvil into Hammer Productions.
