Kathryn M. Benes, Ph.D.
- Subject areas
- Catholic Mental Health Ministry, Crisis Intervention, Organizational Psychology, Pastoral Care · Catholic Psychology, Pastoral Counseling, Crisis Response in Faith-Based Organizations, Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Kathryn M. Benes, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Director of the Training Clinic at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (now Divine Mercy University). She earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1990 and has been a licensed psychologist since 1994. Dr. Benes previously served as Director of Mental Health Services for Catholic Social Services in the Diocese of Lincoln, where she developed a nationally recognized diocesan-wide mental health program that became an APA-accredited doctoral psychology internship site — the only accredited internship in the nation specifically designed to train psychologists from a Catholic perspective. Her primary areas of interest include clergy-psychology collaboration, organizational development within the Church, a Thomistic approach to lifespan development, and the integration of psychology and Christianity.
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