About Dr. Fitzgerald
Experience
Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald is a Certified Psychoanalyst and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is an Adjunct Faculty for ArtCenter College of Design and also teaches at Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Fitzgerald has worked in the mental health field for 30 years and maintained a private practice for 25 years working with individuals, age 16 to 80, as well as couples, adolescents and families.
Dr. Fitzgerald has many years of experience in professional leadership roles including Steering Committee Member for the State of California Task force on Dual Diagnosis, Executive Director for a community counseling center, Adjunct Faculty & Clinical Supervisor at Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology as well as School Board member, Program Chair, Director for School Counseling programs, and Board Director.
Education/Training
Doctorate of Psychology & Certified Psychoanalyst: Newport Psychoanalytic Institute
Philips Graduate Institute/ California Family Study Center: Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy
California State University Los Angeles: Bachelor of Arts – Philosophy
Dr. Fitzgerald is available to speak on the following topics:
- How Anxiety Affects the Body
- Dreams
- The Creative Unconscious
- What to do When someone you love is suffering
- Issues Relating to Family Life
- Coping with Grief & Loss
- How Your Perceptions impact Your Stress Level
- Being off Balance: How to Balance Work &Life
- Issues on Child Development
- Learn how to Become the Best Parent for your Kids
- How Parenting Changes as Your Child Develops
- The Unconscious Mind and Its role in Relationship Patterns.
Affiliations
American Psychoanalytic Association
Member Newport Psychoanalytic Institute
California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists