Kimberly Applewhite, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, published author, adjunct professor, and entrepreneur in the Salt Lake City area. She was a DEANS scholar at New York University (New York, NY), receiving a BA in Psychology; and went on to earn an MS in School Psychology and Doctorate of Psychology in School-Clinical Child Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY). 

Kimberly received the Leadership and Education in Adolescent Health psychology postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Adolescent Medicine (Boston, MA), and was a fellow at Harvard Medical School before moving to Utah. She is currently the Program Director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy program at Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment, a comprehensive outpatient program for those with chronic suicidality and emotion regulation concerns. 

She is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry, through her work at the University of Utah Health Huntsman Mental Health Institute (Salt Lake City, UT). She was a co-founder of The Black Clinicians, a consultation and mental health group serving the Black community in Utah and beyond. Kimberly is a published author on the subject of racial stress and trauma, and has presented at various conferences, including the American Psychological Association annual convention and Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. She has been featured on numerous podcasts, including the award-winning Therapy for Black Girls podcasts. She is a proud wife of a Salt Lake City school principal and mother of two daughters.