Dr. Katie Rose: Clinical by Training, Compassionate by Choice

In this first episode of Ladylike: The Girl Dad Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Katie Rose, a clinical psychologist, foster care advocate, and mom to a child with special needs.

We talk about what it means to hold space for trauma, both professionally and personally. From helping teens navigate mental health to raising her own son through feeding tubes and loud, messy mornings, Katie shares what it looks like to love without shutting down.

This episode isn’t built around dramatic storytelling. It’s about steadiness. The kind of compassion that isn’t soft or performative—it’s practiced. It’s earned. It’s chosen.

Because some women lead with brilliance. Some with boldness. And some, like Dr. Katie Rose, with a kind of clinical compassion that refuses to look away.