About Dr. Wu
Katherine Wu is a licensed psychologist and LGBTQ+-affirming Taiwanese-American child of immigrants who clinically focuses on anxiety disorders, OCD, depression, and post-traumatic stress. She treats adults located in the U.S. jurisdictions of California, Washington, and Washington, D.C.
Dr. Wu graduated from the American Psychological Association (APA)-credentialed Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at Loma Linda University in 2021 and is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and International OCD Foundation (IOCDF).
Endorsements
Kali Lantrip, PhD - Dr. Wu is one of the most naturally talented clinicians that I have worked with. She cares deeply for her clients and strives to provide each of them with a tailored, collaborative, healing experience. I highly recommend her!
Zach Robins, LMFT - Dr. Wu has a rare combination of compassion, intelligence, and natural talent in her field. She is highly respected by her peers and shows great humility in her work with others.
Emily Maynard, PhD - Dr. Wu is a compassionate and intelligent therapist who is committed to her own learning and growth within this field.
Mahip Rathore, PhD - Dr. Wu has an unmatched capacity to listen, understand, and make sense of what you are going through. Her openness to learn, and her willingness to help makes her a wonderful human being whether you are a friend or a client. I highly recommend her!
Two major specializations:
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Dr. Wu’s interest in OCD and related disorders stemmed from increased clinical work with individuals misdiagnosed with other disorders after she began her private practice in 2022. She has studied the gold-standard treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), via trainings and workshops from International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) and NOCD, and augments her didactic training with consultations with master clinicians certified by the internationally recognized Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (A-CBT), which grants Diplomate status to advanced clinicians who have undergone rigorous evaluation for their competence with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies.
Children of Immigrants or Immigrants and LGBTQ clients of color with Post-Traumatic Stress, Depression, and Anxiety: Dr. Wu became a Certified Somatic Therapy Foundations Practitioner in 2026 and has done three years (2021, 2022, 2024) of 6-week live training with master therapists via Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles’ (GATLA), with hands-on faculty feedback from trauma specialists including Dr. Stephanie Goldsmith.
Training
Dr. Wu’ss post-doctoral training in post-traumatic stress with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals was with Dr. Kali Lantrip, the Interpersonal Violence trauma specialist at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Counseling and Psychological Services. Dr. Wu’s training focused on group and individual treatment for survivors of incest, child abuse (sexual, physical, emotional), child neglect, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence, as well as specialist work with Dr. Jocelyn Levitan (UCSB CAPS) on treating post-traumatic stress and ADHD in college and graduate students.
Prior to her post-doctoral work, Dr. Wu focused on working with Asian-American and other BIPOC and LGBTQ+ (including gender-affirming letters for trans and genderqueer) college and graduate students as an intern at UCSB’s Counseling and Psychological Services, where she provided supervision to a practicum student; with undocumented, first-generation, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ undergraduate students and veterans at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB)’s Counseling and Psychological Services; and with first-generation, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ undergraduate students experiencing minority stress due to homophobia/racism, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders at the University of Redlands Counseling Center, where she co-led group treatment for grief with Matt Gragg, LMFT, LPCC.
Her assessment training at Valenta, Inc. focused on psychological assessment of personality disorders, eating disorders, depressive and anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress in adolescents and adults receiving intensive outpatient or partial hospitalization treatment for eating disorders.