Kathleen Clougherty

Kathleen F. Clougherty is a senior Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) trainer and supervisor at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatric Social Work (In Psychiatry) at Columbia University, an instructor at the Columbia University School of Social Work, and a private practitioner specializing in the treatment of depression in adolescents and adults. She is the co-author, along with Gregory Henrichsen, of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Older Adults. Ms. Clougherty has been a co-developer, on-site trainer and supervisor in several major international IPT studies including an adaptation of individual IPT for adults in rural India, an adaptation of group IPT for depressed men and women in southwest Uganda, and an adaptation of group IPT for depressed adolescents in internally displaced persons’ camps in northern Uganda. She currently is trainer and supervisor for a randomized controlled trial of IPT for older adults with traumatic grief, and she is developing adaptations of IPT for the World Health Organization and the Millennium Villages Project. Ms. Clougherty has done extensive training and supervision both nationally and internationally for social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists. She was trained in IPT by Dr. Gerald Klerman, the co-developer of IPT. Ms. Clougherty received her MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work.