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About

Dr. Kai Gunty, PhD

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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

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