Dr. Kinasz is a medical doctor (M.D.) who trained at the University of Chicago, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford University; she is a double-board certified psychiatrist through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry.

Dr. Kinasz took a non-traditional route to medical school. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in English and Psychology and worked at a consulting firm in downtown Chicago after graduation. She then attended a post-baccalaureate program at Bryn Mawr College before going on to medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her general adult psychiatry residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where she earned an Area of Distinction in Women’s Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry and served as Chief Resident at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She completed an additional child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Kinasz believes it is her non-traditional path to medical school and her liberal arts education that gave her the foundation for providing holistic, individualized, and high-quality psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care.

Dr. Kinasz is trained as a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. For children and adolescents, she treats anxiety and mood disorders, ADHD, behavioral issues, emotional dysregulation, and trauma related concerns. She has particular expertise in eating disorder care, including restrictive eating, bingeing, purging, and picky eating. Dr. Kinasz treats adults with all of the above concerns, as well as women’s health-related issues, including infertility, psychiatric care during pregnancy and the postpartum period, navigating new motherhood, and perimenopausal and menopausal-related mental health symptoms.

Dr. Kinasz has a strong interest in developing long-term therapeutic relationships with her patients. She has advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy through the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and in infant-parent psychotherapy through the Infant-Parent Program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is certified in family-based treatment (FBT) for eating disorders and offers both individualized and family-based eating disorder therapy. She also has training in long-term group therapy, young child play therapy, and parent-focused therapy.

Dr. Kinasz has authored several peer-reviewed publications in both eating disorder-related research and medical education research. She has contributed to the eating disorder chapter in the Dulcan Textbook for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and co-authored a National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative module on the neuroscience of appetite. Dr. Kinasz is passionate about medical education and has received numerous awards for her teaching and leadership.

Dr. Kinasz prides herself on her personalized treatment approach. She is keenly aware of how overwhelming it can be to visit a psychiatrist, and her goal is to ensure that you (and your child) feel heard and supported throughout your care. Her treatment approach combines psychotherapy, psychoeducation, parent and family interventions, integrative options, and, when necessary, medication to help individuals meet their treatment goals. Dr. Kinasz believes that the therapeutic relationship is the foundation of good psychiatric care. She encourages patients to engage in psychotherapy first as a means of healing. When therapy alone is not adequate to address symptoms, Dr. Kinasz engages patients in a comprehensive discussion about medication options, ensuring their goals and concerns are well addressed. While Dr. Kinasz enjoys providing both psychotherapy and medication together for her patients, in some cases she is able to offer medication-only treatment to patients who already have an established therapist.

Dr. Kinasz views patients through a comprehensive lens, considering factors such as attachment, genetics, family systems, culture, environment, and psychology that may contribute to their symptoms. Most importantly, Dr. Kinasz practices with honesty, sincerity, and humility. She hopes that during your treatment with her, you will feel cared for in new ways that can promote psychological growth and healing.