Kathryn McCormick

Kathryn McCormick, MA, LMFT, CMHS, EMMHS - (Madison Park – near Arboretum):

Recently (Dec 2023), several long-term patients finished therapy and or completed their analysis.

Accepting referrals:

• Psychoanalysis – Adult
• Psychoanalysis – Child, Youth, and Adolescent
• Psychotherapy
• Couple’s Therapy

I am a bilingual (Spanish) child analyst, on child faculty, an advanced candidate in adult training at SPSI, and provide psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.  I work with adults, adolescents, youth, children, infants, families, couples, and groups with various human concerns, conditions and issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, cultural and identity concerns, attachment, and relationship difficulties.   

My work is from a systems lens and collaborative using a depth-based psychoanalytic approach.  I draw from and integrate varied analytic schools of thought including Relational, Kohutian, Object Relations, Adlerian, and Lacanian.  Complementary treatment modalities and expressive therapies may be incorporated. 

Areas/Clinical Work:

https://spsi.org/member-directory/kathryn-mccormick-ma-lmft-lmp/

Availability:

• In-person
• Telehealth virtual sessions (Zoom)

Current Openings:

• Early AM
• Mid-day
• Afternoon
• Evening
• Saturday

Payment

• Private Pay
• Out of Network

 Relevant Experience:

• Over 25 years of providing psychotherapy and therapeutic services.
• 2000 – present - I have worked in a northwest tribal community as a clinician, including 10 years as the Administrative Clinical Supervisor of a Child, Youth, and Family Mental Wellness Program.
  • 2016 – present - Administrative Clinical Supervisor of a Birth to Five Academy
    • Head of Reflective Network Therapy (RNT) program (for children (aged 2 1/2-5) challenged with trauma, developmental delays, social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties:
    • An Introduction to Reflective Network Therapy (RNT) from Children’s Psychological Health Center (CPHC) - 4-minute video on Vimeo:

Click on the link below and scroll down to view –

http://www.childrenspsychologicalhealthcenter.org/

• 2013 to present – Numerous positions in IPSO (International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization), IPA committees, and other international working groups including:
  • IPSO - https://www.ipso.world/
    • IPSO VP Elect of North America - 2013-2015, IPSO VP of North America - 2015-2017, IPSO President-Elect 2017-2019, and IPSO President, 2019-2021.
  • IPA - https://www.ipa.world/
    • Committee appointments include IPA IPSO Relations Committee - 2013-2020, IPA Health in the Community Committee - 2019- 2021, IPA Education in the Community Committee – 2021 to present.
  • International Working Groups
    • Collaborations for Working Under Fire: A Community Psychoanalysis International Working Group, 2023 -present.

• IPA Off the Couch – Episode 35 – In-Classroom Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Preschoolers in a Native American Community with Kathryn McCormick:

https://ipaoffthecouch.org/2020/01/25/episode-35-in-classroom-psychoanalytic-therapy-of-preschoolers-in-a-native-american-community-with-kathryn-mccormick/

• Recipient of the 2020 APSA Anna Freud Education Achievement Award

Thank you!

Kathryn