She is an associate professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. She is a clinical psychology graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Kohlenberg is co-investigator on a research team that was awarded a Federal grant to study suicide attempts. Her interests include functional analytic psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, relationship-focused and acceptance-based therapy, stigma, shame, intimacy, trauma, addiction, values and interpersonal problems.