Katherine is a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in child and adolescent mental healthcare. She is one of the experts in the field and provides in-person appointments to families in the Eugene/Springfield area. Katherine opened St. Rita Psychiatry with a vision for treating and managing child psychiatric conditions with tenderness and lightheartedness. She works diligently to treat and manage psychiatric conditions in a sustainable and evidence-based way. As a master in psychopharmacology, Katherine provides precise medication management which ensures effective and efficient treatment of symptoms and reduces risk for side effects. She treats all child mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, ADHD, behavioral disorders, PTSD, eating disorders, OCD, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and more. Katherine’s commitment to her patients offers hope to the families seeking care for the first time or to children who have been through multiple treatments and specialists with no improvement. Regardless where your child is on their mental health journey, St. Rita’s is meant to be your final home for wholesome psychiatric care.