Brianna Kinsey, Psy.D.

Dr. Brianna Kinsey (she/her) holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco, California. Dr. Kinsey completed her doctoral internship at the Community Services Institute in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she provided outreach psychotherapy services to children and adults within an underserved community. She most recently finished her post-doctorate training at a local community-based program where she engaged in school-based therapy with children. She also provided psychodynamic trauma-informed therapy to high school students, young adults, and adults.  

Dr. Kinsey uses an integrative psychodynamic approach that utilizes both a multicultural and systemic lens to better conceptualize and understand the client’s needs and goals. She is trained in various modalities, including play therapy, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), Trauma-Focused CBT, DIR Model (Developmental Individual-Differences & Relationship Model), and ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy). She has experience providing individual psychotherapy to children in all stages of development, with a clinical focus on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, community violence, attachment, identity, and sexuality.  

Dr. Kinsey is committed to and passionate about providing holistic, client-centered, trauma-informed, and evidence-based care to children, adolescents, young adults, and families.  She believes in creating a strong therapeutic alliance with clients, utilizing empathy, and exercising non-judgment.  

Dr. Kinsey is an approved Psychology Associate in the District of Columbia and Virginia. Dr. Kinsey works under the supervision of Maria Zimmitti, Ph.D.