Dr. Ann B. Kirsch
Dr. Ann B. Kirsch is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than three decades of experience working with children, families, and parents across clinical and academic settings. She is widely respected for her expertise in early childhood development, family systems, and psychodynamic and analytic approaches to therapy.
Dr. Kirsch earned her BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, followed by a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, summa cum laude, from Pepperdine University. She completed an Intensive Analytic Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Ryokan College.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Kirsch has had a distinguished academic and teaching career. She served as Adjunct Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Ryokan College for over a decade and was a Core Faculty Member at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.