Patty Kuo, PhD is a postdoctoral research fellow in The Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on (a) understanding therapeutic processes that contribute to mental health care disparities for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, and other underserved communities, and (b) application of advanced statistical techniques to examining therapist-client interactions. Dr. Kuo’s clinical interests center on working with survivors of trauma, and in community and behavioral health settings.
Dr. Kuo completed her PhD at the University of Utah’s Counseling Psychology program in 2022, and her APA internship at the VA Puget Sound in Seattle. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Louisville.