Katherine T. Fortenberry, PhD

Languages Spoken: English

Dr. Fortenberry provides clinical consultations and brief psychotherapy for adult patients in the Madsen and Sugarhouse Family Medicine clinics. Her areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, and adjustment to chronic health conditions. She uses a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to treatment, with interpersonal emphasis.

Katherine Fortenberry, Ph.D., graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor's in Psychology, then received her Master's and Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus in Clinical Health from the University of Utah. She completed her internship training at the Memphis VA, and a postdoctoral fellowship in Primary Care Psychology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She is currently an Assistant Professor (Clinical) in the University of Utah Division of Family Medicine, where she serves as the Behavioral Science Education Director and sees patients at the Madsen and Sugarhouse Family Clinics. Her overall goal is to promote effective treatment of mental and behavioral health concerns in primary care settings by: 1) educating family physicians and other healthcare professionals to effectively utilize behavior change principles and maintain their own self-care; 2) training psychology and medical trainees to effectively work in an interdisciplinary environment; 3) increasing access to high quality care through improving behavioral health services and reducing barriers to care.