Hi, I’m Kathleen.

I’ve devoted my 15-year career as a psychologist and therapist to supporting the well-being of college students and young adults. I love helping people understand and navigate their emotions, beliefs, needs, values, and intuition so they can experience more authenticity, freedom, joy, and ease in their lives and relationships. 

My other passion is supervising, training, and mentoring graduate students and early career therapists in counseling, clinical/counseling psychology, and social work. 

A bit more about me: I grew up in New York City, have spent a lot of time in the Midwest, and now live on Long Island. I enjoy coffee, my dog Kodak, eating in restaurants (and in general!), being near water, exploring places near and far, NYTimes word games, and going down rabbit holes about random historical things. I lost my dad when I was 19 and my mom when I was 30, which is why I’m so passionate about supporting young adults who are grieving. One of the coolest things I’ve gotten to do in my life is work as a Counselor on Semester at Sea’s 134th Voyage in the Fall of 2024.

Specialty Areas

Disordered eating

Grief and loss

Adult children of emotionally immature parents 

Adjustment 

Relationship concerns

Anxiety

Depression

First generation college students

Identity (race, gender, sexual orientation, spirituality, body size)

Complex trauma

Burnout

Preparing for & returning from study abroad

Returning to college from a leave of absence for mental health

Coping with chronic illness

Credentials

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Ball State University, 2014

M.A. in Community Counseling and Social Psychology, Ball State University, 2010

B.A. in Psychology, Earlham College, 2006

Positions Held

Counselor Semester at Sea, Colorado State University

Associate Director, Training Director, & Coordinator of Eating Disorder Treatment Barnard College

Postdoctoral Fellow & Temp. Staff Psychologist  Princeton University

Doctoral Intern University of Pennsylvania

Doctoral Practicum Counselor Ball State University

Training and Certifications

Level II AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) Therapist 

End-of-Life Doula Certification, The University of Vermont, 2024

Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies, 2017-19 (One-Year Program and Advanced Clinical Seminar)

Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology, The Flourishing Center, 2016