Evidence-Based Assessment & Treatment

I have spent the past 25 years working with adults and adolescents struggling with borderline personality disorder, autism spectrum disorder, trauma, suicidailty, self-harm, depression, anxiety, anger and relationship difficulties.  I work with individuals as well as families and loved ones.

25 Years Experience 

Harvard- & UCLA-Trained 

Licensed CA Psychologist

Services

Therapy that meets you where you are

Secure, HIPAA-compliant video sessions let you connect from anywhere in California. Prefer face-to-face support without leaving home? Concierge visits bring the office to you.

Evidence-Based Approach

Why? Because it works. My therapeutic approach is both compassionate and change-oriented, with a focus on developing new ways of thinking, behaving and responding to emotions, providing clients with practical skills that can be used in the real world. 

CORE VALUES

  • Science

    I track progress with validated measures and adjust plans quickly— no guess-work, no fad therapies.

  • Compassion

    Every session begins with empathy; judgment stays at the door.

  • Commitment

    Your goals become our shared roadmap until you tell me you’ve arrived.

  • Within two months our daughter went from nightly crises to planning her future again. Dr Kerwin is the first therapist who made DBT skills click.

  • I spent 30 years feeling ‘too much’—until your neuro-affirming sessions reframed my traits as strengths. I finally felt seen.

  • Our leadership team calls your monthly ‘Wise Mind Labs’ their secret weapon. Revenue hit target and sick-days dropped 40 %.

  • Your crisis-text coaching kept me alive—literally. I use these skills every day and haven’t self-harmed in six months.

  • We arrived one argument from divorce and left with a roadmap for real connection. Even virtual sessions felt face-to-face.

  • The assessment report answered questions my doctors debated for years. Because of it I received graduate-exam accommodations and a fellowship.

  • Dr Kerwin’s neuro-affirming lens finally made me feel seen, not "broken."

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