Kristi Pikiewicz

Kristi Pikiewicz earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA. She completed pre-doctoral training at the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center in Ojai, CA, and her post-doctoral internship at the Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research. She also holds a B.S. with a major in environmental science from Allegheny College and a elementary education teaching credential from Western Washington University.Dr. Pikiewicz's first career was in education. Through her mid 20s, she taught at an experiential science school from September through May and guided for Outward Bound Colorado during the summers. After earning her teaching credential, Dr. Pikiewicz worked as a grant-funded literacy specialist in a struggling California middle school and then as a 6th grade teacher in Bozeman, MT. During this time, Dr. Pikiewicz used her classroom to pilot innovative teaching programs, which she presented at local and national conferences and published with a variety of educational publishers including the Corwin Press, Shell Education and Teacher Created Materials. However, while she felt effective at meeting her students' educational needs, her heart was drawn toward working with the root causes of individuals' difficulties. It was the desire to work with underlying causes of human difficulty that led Dr. Pikiewicz to transition from education to psychotherapy.She has widely published and presented her research with trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth, including at conferences of the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. In addition to her office location in Boulder, CO, Dr. Pikiewicz also offers services and consultations via phone and Skype. It is her passion to guide people with a variety of challenges toward growth.She lives outside Boulder with her husband, two kids, two Labradors and whatever creepy crawly things the kids bring home.