Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Karen L. Katunich Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in group private practice, and as a Senior Clinician in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Mood Disorders Clinic. She has had over 30 years’ experience with diverse populations. Dr. Katunich has provided psychological care for adolescents, adults, and seniors and now specializes in the treatment of mood disorders.
Dr. Katunich received her doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University and her internship training at the Pittsburgh Consortium-VAMC. Most recently she has been Director or Psychotherapy Training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. She has over 30 years’ experience with diverse populations in multiple public and private clinical settings.
Dr. Katunich’s clinical orientation is Cognitive Behavioral.
As a former Air Force Officer she first began extensive teaching experience at the US Air Force Academy and has since taught at the undergraduate and graduate level at local colleges and universities.
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Dr. Karen Katunich is a licensed psychologist practicing in Pennsylvania with 40 years of clinical experience. She focuses on the treatment of mood disorders and works with people addressing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, anger management, and coping with life changes.
She earned her doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University and completed internship training with the Pittsburgh Consortium-VAMC. Over her career she has worked in group private practice and served as a Senior Clinician in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Mood Disorders Clinic. She has provided psychological care for adolescents, adults, and seniors across multiple public and private clinical settings.
Dr. Katunich has also held the role of Director of Psychotherapy Training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and brings a long history of teaching experience that began as an Air Force Officer at the US Air Force Academy and continued at local colleges and universities. Her clinical approach is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, and she draws on four decades of clinical and teaching experience in her work with clients.
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