Meet Dr. Hecht

Dr. Hecht is a licensed psychologist in the state of Minnesota and currently sees families in private practice as a member of Anxiety Treatment Resources, providing specialized assessment and treatment of anxiety, OCD and related issues in youth. She provides telehealth treatment in a majority of states under the authority of PSYPACT and is current a professional member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the International OCD Foundation, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and APA's Society of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology. She also serves on the board of trustees for Groves Learning Organization. Dr. Hecht supervises advanced PhD students learning to provide specialized treatment for anxiety and OCD- check out her current team of student clinicians here.

Kathryn Hecht, PhD, LP

I am a child and adolescent OCD and anxiety specialist, but also a mom, speaker, author, parent coach, rock climber, pizza lover, and bravery cheerleader. I received my doctorate from the University of Minnesota's joint Ph.D. program in developmental and clinical psychology at the Institute of Child Development, advised by Dr. Dante Cicchetti. I started out my career doing research on how scary and stressful stuff impacts how kids develop. I published a few papers, but what I really learned from all that work was that kids can handle really hard things, and that all kids can be brave if they get the chance. I decided to spend my career trying to help kids be brave, and helping other grown–ups help kids too. I am a member of the International OCD Foundation’s training faculty for their Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and I present both locally and nationally on pediatric anxiety/OCD and exposure-based CBT. I’m the author of the Be Brave Activity Book, an exposure-based CBT workbook for kids with anxiety/OCD. Also in the works: DareDecks, a series of card decks for building bravery, and the Can-Do Kids Activity Book (New Harbinger, est. 2027), a coping-focused workbook full of quests that build independence in youth.

Final note: I can pretend to be a grown up for about 20 minutes before I revert to a goofy 9–year–old. You’ve been warned.