Dr. Celeste Birkhofer

Dr. Celeste Birkhofer is a licensed clinical psychologist, adjunct clinical faculty member at Stanford Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and bestselling author of Beyond Quick Fixes: Essential Ingredients for Better Mental Health and a Fulfilling Life. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice, teaches and supervises Stanford psychiatry residents, and is on the clinical advisory board for the Jed Foundation—a nonprofit dedicated to promoting emotional well-being in teens and young adults and reducing suicide risk. Her holistic approach to patient care integrates extensive experience and training in contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapies, grief counseling, couples therapy, dialectic behavior therapy (DBT), and mindfulness and self-compassion practices.