Dr. Katherine Schweitzer provides individual psychotherapy to adults and specializes in treating mood disorders, substance use issues, relationship problems and codependency, grief and loss, and women’s issues. Dr. Schweitzer utilizes an integrative approach pulling from relational psychodynamic therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), particularly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), to support each client’s unique and evolving needs throughout treatment. She views therapy as a collaborative process, aiming to support clients in developing self-compassion and self-awareness as mechanisms for change. Treatment often involves exploring the impact of one’s intersectional identities and early experiences on their daily functioning, values, and sense of self. Dr. Schweitzer strives to develop trust and safety with clients through empathic listening, validation, and humor.

With specialized training in forensic and addiction psychology, Dr. Schweitzer’s background includes work in prisons, forensic and civil hospitals, and community mental health settings. She also has extensive experience with group therapy and harm reduction work.

Originally from North Carolina, she has lived in the Bay Area since 2017 excluding a year in New York City for her doctoral internship training. Outside of work, she enjoys reading as a form of escapism, traveling (preferably to a body of water), and finding happy hours deals for oysters on the half shell..

Specialized Training

• APA-Accredited Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services, Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael, CA

• APA-Accredited Internship: NYU Langone – Bellevue Hospital Clinical Psychology Internship Program, Forensic Track, New York, NY

Education

• Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA

• M.A. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA

• B.A. Psychology, Minor in Social and Economic Justice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association

• California Psychological Association, Division I and Division VII