Dr Kate Gardner

Dr. Kate Gardner is an American clinical and school psychologist working with children, adolescents, young adults, and parents. She is a Licensed Psychologist (New York, USA) as well as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (USA). Dr. Gardner is skilled in conducting comprehensive psychoeducational assessments to help identify learning and behavioral needs, including giftedness, social, emotional and personality features, inattention, impulsivity, & executive functioning. Her years as a school-based practitioner affords her valuable understanding of how schools utilize data from psychoeducational assessments to design educational programming for children, which makes her a strong advocate for finding ways to support student needs within the school setting.

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Dr. Gardner completed her Master’s degree in human development at Harvard University and her Doctoral degree through the APA-accredited school psychology program at the University of Connecticut. She has extensive training and experience supporting children and adolescents with anxiety and mood disorders, challenges around social cognition (e.g., Autism Spectrum Disorder) and difficulties with regulation and executive functioning (e.g., Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). She is a skilled therapist for concerns relating to self-esteem, gender identity, trauma, disordered eating and bullying. Dr. Gardner provides warm support to parents struggling to develop effective parenting techniques and is able to provide co-parenting counseling to parents who may be separated or divorced. She works closely with clients and their families to uncover the reasons behind dysfunctional behavior and is an effective collaborator with multidisciplinary teams when psychological support needs to be coupled with medical interventions.

 

Dr. Gardner holds full memberships in the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53 of the American Psychological Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. She is also a Credentialed Psychologist by the National Register of Health Service Psychologists (USA).