About Kateri
Hello!
Dr. Kateri Berasi is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder and director of Transcendent Self Therapy. Deeply curious about people, cultures, and inner landscapes, she is especially drawn to questions of identity—how we come to understand who we are, and how we express that understanding in the world.
Creative expression is central to Dr. Berasi’s life and work. In her personal life, travel, engaging with and creating art, music, dance, and spending time in nature are essential ways she makes contact with depth—both within herself and in the larger universe. These experiences ground her in a sense of human potential for genesis, generativity, and transcendence, and inform the way she understands psychological growth as something alive, evolving, and deeply creative.
Her passion for exploration has shaped both her personal journey and her clinical approach. Dr. Berasi lived abroad, motivated by a desire to expand her perspective and connect across difference. She brings this same spirit of openness, curiosity, and cultural sensitivity into the therapy room, where she listens deeply, asks thoughtful questions, and helps clients explore the layered complexity of their inner lives.
To Dr. Berasi, therapy is not only a space for healing—it is a creative and collaborative process. She believes that self-expression offers a powerful window into the psyche. With warmth, atunement, and curiosity, she supports clients in drawing back the curtain on their inner worlds, cultivating self-trust, and shining light on new ways of living with clarity, meaning, and authenticity.
Education
Columbia University: Postdoctorate, Master of Arts, Master of Education
Long Island University: Doctorate of Psychology, Master of Science
The George Washington University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in French and Art History
Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne: Art History
Highlights
Taught: doctoral-level seminar on best practices working with LGBTQ+
Authored: journal articles as well as chapters in multiple publications ranging from cultural competency in mental health to mindfulness-based practices.
Presented: at numerous conferences on topics ranging from identity concerns to the practice of therapy.
Services
Individual Therapy (Psychodynamic/Depth Work, Parts-Work, Relational, Creative Practices / Art Making, Dream Work, Somatic Practices)
Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
Group Therapy
In Person Therapy AND Teletherapy
Supervision/Consultation for therapists
Specialties
Creativity blocks
Anxiety
Neurodivergence
Kink / Sexuality
Trauma
Depression
Self Esteem Struggles
Relationship Issues
Women’s Concerns
Disordered Eating and Body Image Concerns
LGBTQ+ concerns