About
Dr. Kai Gunty, PhD

he/him
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Education
MA, Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2010
PhD, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 2021
Training
Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5)
Sensorimotor Arousal Regulation Training (SMART) - trained in Foundations and Implementation
Safe and Sound Protocol
Foundational Integrated Listening System (ILS Focus System)
Anchored Relational Therapy / Adaptive Internal Relations Network (AIR Network)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for specific phobias and OCD
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Areas of Focus
Adoption and foster care
Anxiety, depression, and other mood and/or emotional and behavioral disorders
Attentional challenges (including attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder [ADHD])
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including ASD assessment/evaluation
Complex medical conditions
Diagnostic assessment for children birth to five
Donor-conceived children
Gender identity and gender expression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Parenting Queer family building
School refusal and school support strategies
Toileting challenges (including encopresis and toileting refusal)
Trauma (including medical trauma)
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Licensing
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) MN #4494
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) MN #3947
AAMFT Supervisor
MN BMFT Approved Supervisor

