About Me

Hi!

I'm Kathryn. I currently live in the Buffalo area of Western New York, but have called Cincinnati, NYC, CT, and "the mitten" (Michigan for you non-Michiganders) home. My family and I spent a decade deciding where to live based on our jobs, but after becoming a parent to two kids, working long hours, and struggling to make it work without any family nearby, we decided to make a move for our wellness. It was a hard decision, that included some serious sacrifices, but one that fit our vision of how we wanted our life to look. I share this because for every path and challenge we face, I think it's important to acknowledge that everything has a cost and, hopefully, something to gain.

When I first started providing therapy, I worked with a group of pregnant women and mothers with young children. All of them were there to work on specific mental health struggles, but what motivated them and what caused the most pain, was how their mental health struggles impacted their ability to just be with their children the way they wanted to--the way they knew was possible. Mixed in with this experience was the pain of feeling like they were disconnected from who they knew they were at their core. Over the years, after working with many parents on anxiety, trauma, stress management, and substance use, I've learned that these themes were not unique to that first group I worked with, but important to so many parents and mothers who are working on their wellness, including myself.

I started Connect Wellness Home LLC because I believe strongly that parents who experience difficulties with worries, anxiety, stress, trauma, and/or substance use, need a place to go where their priorities will be heard and recognized. A place that recognizes the unique ways that parenting and mental health struggles can impact each other. This has become so clear to me after years of working with parents and also after seeing how challenging parenting is.

Fully Licensed

Licensed Psychologist in Ohio P.07923

Licensed Psychologist in New York 027589

Training and Education

New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center

Postdoctoral Fellowship

2016-2018

Yale University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry

Predoctoral Internship/Postdoctoral Training

2013-2015

Wayne State University

PhD in Clinical Psychology 2015

MA in Clinical Psychology 2011

University of Michigan

BA in Psychology 2006