Kati N. Lake (she/her)

Dr. Kati N. Lake, PhD, MS, MA, MPhil (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State and the founder of the Trauma & Mood Treatment Center LLC, her telehealth practice. She specializes in the evidence-based treatment of trauma, depressive, anxiety, reproductive mood, and obsessive and compulsive disorders as well as life transition stress. Dr. Lake frequently works with active duty military/veterans, first responders, women in perinatal/infertility/perimenopausal/menopausal periods, and those affected by sexual violence/domestic abuse.

Obtaining a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Dr. Lake was trained at Columbia University Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute, NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, serving in outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. She holds expertise in Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy-Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Written Exposure Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and the Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.

Previously, Dr. Lake served as the Vice President of Consulting at RAINN, a department which established and led. Before joining RAINN, she was a Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where Dr. Lake led teams in the development, execution, and evaluation of personnel policy across the Department of Defense, including the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. Dr. Lake also served as a Schedule C political appointee at the White House, providing support to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Dr. Lake has a demonstrated history of providing strategic, operational, and tactical leadership for the development and management of complex, high-visibility projects, leveraging experience in clinical psychology, program management, policy development, and congressional affairs. Integrating her clinical and consulting background, Dr. Lake provides clinical case consultation on C/PTSD, trauma, and sexual/interpersonal/domestic violence cases. She also offers third-party, independent consultation to organizations interested in implementing trauma-informed approaches to care and sexual violence prevention and response.

Dr. Lake holds a master of arts, master of science, and master of philosophy in clinical psychology with a concentration in global mental health and trauma from Columbia University. She also obtained a bachelor degree in political science and British literature with a focus on political communications from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio).