Kathy West-Gerena

Dr. West has worked in the mental health field for over 30 years. She specializes in community mental health and has had the privilege to work with the developmentally disabled as well as with adults suffering from chronic mental disabilities. She is an expert witness in the state of Florida in the environment of incompetence to proceed.

Dr. West has been a contributing faculty at Walden University for 11 years. In the School of Counseling -Experience includes:
Introduction to Mental Health Counseling
Ethics & Legal Issues
Counseling Internship
Diagnosis & Assessment
Counseling & Psychotherapy Theories
Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology
Developmental Lifespan
Testing and Assessment
Crisis and Trauma
Techniques
Addictions
Career Counseling
Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Response
Faculty Mentor 2010-2014
Lead Faculty 2010-2014

In addition Dr. West teaches in the School of Nursing Practicum Program
Psychotherapy and Diagnostic Reasoning
Multi-Modalities

Education

EdD, Argosy University

MS, NOVA Southeastern University

BA, Saint Leo University

Public Service

Pay It Forward, Organizer - Tampa

Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office, Volunteer - Tampa

Awards / Honors

Difference Maker, Lakeview Center, 2010

, Northside Behavioral Healthcare, 2015

Clinician of the year, Northside Mental Health, 2002

Presentations

West, K. L. (2017). Behavior Change. Central Florida Behavioral Health Network Inc