Kristin Dempsey
Private Practice in San Francisco and Burlingame, CA
Core Faculty
San Francisco, California
United States
Highest Degree Held: Ed.D.
Specialties: Addiction, co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions, psychosis, trauma, eating disorders, "borderline" personality disorder
Types of Clients: Children, Adolescents, Adults, Families, Couples, Groups (group therapy), Organizations
Languages spoken: English
Licensures/Certifications: LMFT; LPCC
ACT/CBS Background and Training: Workshops, conferences and reading/viewing, including ACT 2 and 3, ACT and Trauma, DNA-V’
Completed weekend RFT course in Reno and presented at AATBS World Conference in Reno
Currently participates in Pacific Act Consult Group and ACT and Motivational Interviewing SIG through Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.
Completed weekend RFT course in Reno and presented at AATBS World Conference in Reno
Currently participates in Pacific Act Consult Group and ACT and Motivational Interviewing SIG through Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.
ACT/CBS Experience: Individual and group applications of ACT
Additional Information: I use Motivational Interviewing and DBT as well as ACT in my work. I use an ACT formulation to understand a case and most often use an ACT orientation. Motivational Interviewing is helpful to engage individuals in treatment, and then I move into using ACT.