Dr. Kinasz is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of psychiatric illness that impact children and adolescents including but not limited to mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, and eating disorders. She also sees children struggling with behavioral issues at home or at school and adolescents exploring their gender identity.
Dr. Kinasz uses various treatment tools including psychotherapy, psychoeducation, parent and family interventions, and medications to help an individual achieve their personalized goals in treatment.
Dr. Kinasz carefully listens to a person’s unique story and uses an evidenced-based approach to address their individualized needs. Her child and adolescent fellowship training helps her to explore her patients through a lens that considers biological, psychological, and environmental factors that contribute to their symptoms. She believes in addressing the family system in treatment so that the individual and, when applicable, the entire family can achieve psychological healing and growth.
Dr Kinasz received her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of medicine, trained at UCSF for her general adult psychiatry residency and completed her fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University. She is currently practicing out of CalPsychiatry’s Menlo Park office and over Telehealth.
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
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