Katherine McGinnis PhD, LMFT

(802) 658-4208 x112
For nearly 35 years I have helped clients across a wide spectrum of life experiences and challenges.
My greatest pleasure as a helper is being a part of a process that enables an individual to overcome barriers and to thrive, no matter how slim the odds or how sad the story. My clinical expertise includes depression, mood disorders, anxiety, loss, transitions, trauma, and behavior problems with adolescents and young adults.
I also bring my experience to bear in work with individuals and couples and families. Finally, I am well acquainted with the urgency and sensitivity required for crisis work and I am therefore qualified to make some types of emergency psychiatric evaluations for clients with whom I have an established relationship.

Call Katherine McGinniss now for a free phone consultation:  (802) 658-4208, x112.

Qualifications and experience
  • Graduate education - Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA
    Masters (1991); Doctorate (1997) in Clinical Psychology
    Dissertation:  "Shame:  Correlates of Self-Consciousness, Trauma and Parental Behavior"
  • Licensure
    Vermont #100-0000022 (Marriage and Family Therapist)
  • Certification
    Registered Art Therapist, American Art Therapy Association (ATR)
  • Professional Memberships
    Vermont Psychological Association
    American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Member - AAMFT (95094)
From 1985-1999, I was a member of the, San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (Formerly Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group), from which I gained expertise in assessing clients' responses in psychotherapy. In addition, I was an adjunct faculty member at both Antioch West and the Wright Institute in California, graduate programs in psychology.

I have clinical crisis experience at a psychiatric hospital (Marin  General Hospital in Marin County, California, 1982-1999).  I am therefore qualified to make some types of emergency psychiatric evaluations for clients with whom I have an established relationship.  I was also a member of the highly-regarded, San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (1985-1999), from which I gained expertise in assessing clients' responses in psychotherapy.  In addition, I was an adjunct faculty member of Antioch West in San Francisco (1982-1983), a graduate program in creative arts therapy.

Finances
  • average cost (per session): $80 - $150
  • sliding scale: yes
  • accepted payment methods: cash, check
  • accepted insurance carriers
    Blue Shield
    BlueCross BlueShield
    Cigna
    MVP
    Magellan Behavioral Health
    Medicaid
    out-of-network
I will verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.

Professional Disclosure
The State of Vermont requires Marriage and Family Therapists to disclose information about themselves to their clients and about ways to deal with disputes and complaints.  Please see the attached document.