Kirsten Gilbert

Kirsten Gilbert

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Child Provider

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Locations


This provider sees patients in these locations:

  • 4444 Forest Park Building

Major Awards


  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Awared, 2021
  • Research Mentor of the Year, 2023
  • Radically Open Institute Research Award, 2023
  • Child Intervention, Prevention and Services (CHIPS) Institute Training Consortium, 2017
  • NIMH Career Development Institute for Bipolar Disorder, 2015
  • NIMH K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, 2017
  • Outstanding Clinician Award, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2014

Education & Training


  • Ph.D. Clinical Psychology: Yale University 2014
  • B.A. Human Biology: Stanford University 2005
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine 2015
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship NIMH T32: Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2017

Areas of Clinical Interest


Dr. Gilbert is intensively trained in Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT), is an RO DBT senior clinician and is currently working with the treatment developer and colleagues on developmental adaptations of RO DBT for adolescents. She currently sees adolescents with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive presentations and/or depression who are overcontrolled, working on decreasing overcontrolled tendencies of rigidity, emotional inhibition, need for structure/control and perfectionism, by increasing openness, flexibility and social communication to increase social connectedness.

Clinical Practice FAQ


Is this Clinician accepting new patients?
No
Is this Clinician able to prescribe medication?
No
Is this Clinician offering telehealth/virtual appointments?
No
Is this Clinician offering in-office/face-to-face appointments?
No


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