Dr. Katie Unverferth
Dr. Unverferth is a board-certified psychiatrist and nationally recognized expert in Reproductive Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health. She specializes in the treatment of mental health conditions across the reproductive lifespan, including PMDD, depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum, postpartum OCD and psychosis, and mood and anxiety disorders during perimenopause.
Dr. Unverferth is Director of the UCLA Women’s Life Center, Medical Director of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program, and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She lectures regularly on Reproductive Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health. Her private practice is in Santa Monica, California, and she sees patients throughout the state by telehealth.
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Specialized psychiatric treatment
Dr. Unverferth has specialized expertise in psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding, PMDD, and perimenopausal mood and anxiety disorders. She also treats depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, insomnia, and ADHD.
psychotherapy
Dr. Unverferth has extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), incorporating therapy into treatment when appropriate.