Corinna Klein

Assistant Professor

Pronouns: she/her/hers

 

Conatct Information

• Office: 47-23L 
• Phone: 805-756-1852
• Email: cklein17@calpoly.edu
• Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

• B.A., English Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
• M.S.W., Social Work, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
• M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2021
• Ph.D., Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology (Clinical Emphasis), 2023

 

Courses Taught

 

Research Interests

My research focuses on increasing equitable access to evidence-based children’s mental health care and supporting parents through dyadic treatments. I am particularly interested in increasing caregiver engagement in treatments that promote early relational health and decrease parenting stress, such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. I have investigated parenting stress and relational quality in families with early childhood risk factors, such as perinatal stressors, neurogenetic disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice in the community is central to my work. I am currently pursuing two adjacent lines of research: 1) Developing, expanding, and evaluating dyadic treatments to support caregivers, and 2) Identifying and addressing system-level factors that impact service delivery and access, with a focus on therapist anxiety and training.

 

Selected Publications