Kate Corcoran, Ph.D.
Dr. Corcoran (PSY23955) is a clinical psychologist who specializes in providing evidence-based treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for adults experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression. She integrates evidence-based principles with her understanding of each client’s unique therapy goals and needs to develop an individualized treatment plan. She works with clients from diverse backgrounds and with a wide-variety of therapy goals, including anxiety, stress, chronic worry, perfectionism, life transitions, work stress, women’s health and wellness, relationship issues, and improving communication.
Dr. Corcoran is one of the founding partners of the Pacific Anxiety Group. She is also a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where she is actively involved in teaching psychotherapy to graduate students, psychiatry residents, and other health providers. Prior to her appointment at Stanford, Dr. Corcoran was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a psychologist in the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Corcoran has led numerous workshops on CBT and MBCT throughout Canada and in California, and she has served as an advisor to mental health start-up companies.
Dr. Corcoran received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2007. Dr. Corcoran later completed her internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, followed by her postdoctoral training at Stanford University’s School of Medicine.
Selected Publications
DeGolia, S. & Corcoran, K.M. (2019). Supervision in Psychiatric Practice: Practical Approaches Across Venues and Providers. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Arnow, B. A., Corcoran, K.M., & Thase, M. E. (2014). Dysthymia and chronic major depression. In J. A. J. Smits (Ed.), The Wiley handbook of cognitive behavioral therapy. Volume 3: Specific disorders (pp. 1189-1214). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hawley, L.L., Schwartz, D., Bieling, P.J., Irving, J., Corcoran, K.M., Farb, N.A.S., Anderson, A.K., & Segal, Z.V. (2014). The relationship of mindfulness practice and clinical outcome during Mindfulness-Based Treatment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, 1 - 9.
Bieling, P. J., Hawley, L. L., Bloch, R. T., Corcoran, K.M., Levitan, R. D., Young, L. T., MacQueen, G. M., & Segal, Z. V. (2012, March 12). Treatment-specific changes in decentering following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus antidepressant medication or placebo for prevention of depressive relapse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Corcoran, K.M., Segal, Z.V., Anderson, A., & Farb, N. (2009). Mindfulness meets emotion regulation. In A. Kring & D. Sloan (Eds.), Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology. Guilford Press, 339 – 355.
Corcoran, K.M., & Woody, S.R. (2009). The importance of suppression and appraisals in the recurrence of intrusive thoughts; evidence in support of the cognitive theory of obsessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 1024-1031.
Corcoran, K.M., & Segal, Z.V. (2008). Metacognition in depressive and anxiety disorders: Current directions. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1, 33 – 44.