Katrina La Mar, PhD

I believe that providing a safe and accepting environment that allows ample space for clients to be themselves is one of the most important aspects of psychotherapy.   

I often use a person-centered, humanistic stance, but also integrate other forms of psychotherapy, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Transactional Analysis Redecision Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to help tailor the psychotherapy to the client. 

Because of my educational background and past professional experiences, I have an enthusiasm for working with clients who have experienced homelessness, incarceration and/or trauma and serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, severe major depressive disorder, psychosis and severe anxiety. 

Introspective, non-judgmental. 

 English.

Dr. La Mar is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Vantage Point Center for Psychotherapy and received her BA in general psychology from the University of Santa Cruz, California.  She earned both her MA and PhD in general psychology with an emphasis in clinical psychology from Fielding Graduate University.  

Dr. La Mar has supervised experience working with homeless women from Saint John’s Program for Real Change, a variety of clients while working for Authentic Counseling Associates, adults and adolescents in an inpatient psychiatric facility while working at Sierra Vista Hospital, and adults and adolescents with a dually diagnosed developmental disability and mental illness who were determined to be incompetent to stand trial while at Porterville Developmental Center.   

She has also published several research articles, presented posters and co-written a book chapter on serious mental illness and homelessness.

Supervised by Dr. Karen Miller, Licensed Clinical Psychologist #PSY32141