Patricia Katsky received her Ph.D. from UCLA and taught in the School of Social Welfare and the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA for many years. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at the Cedars-Sinai Mental Health Institute in Los Angeles.

Following this training, she continued on to become certified as a Jungian analyst through the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles in 1991. She has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst and therapist for over 40 years. Pat was formerly the president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and has regularly served on the reviewing and certifying boards of the San Francisco and Los Angeles Jung Institutes. Pat is now a member of the C.G. Jung institute of San Francisco.

In 2000, Pat began teaching at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, where, after serving as Chair a doctoral program in depth psychotherapy, she became Provost. She served on the institute’s management committee and is now serving as special advisor to the president. She remains a professor in the PhD in Depth Psychology program with specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices.

Pat’s research interests include: the process of becoming a psychotherapist, the world of dreams, ecopsychology, the religious function of the psyche, and depth psychology and its relationship to cultures East and West. She has published and lectured on these topics in the United States and abroad, including in China in 2016, where she spoke in Guangzhou and Beijing. She is an invited speaker at a conference on Buddhism and Jungian thought that will occur in 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Pat co-founded and served as clinical director of a non-profit counseling center in Los Angeles, Counseling West, which serves individuals, couples, and families seeking a depth psychotherapeutic approach as they chart a path forward in their lives. She continues to participate in this organization as a member of the board of directors. Pat’s deep connection with the natural world is through backpacking and hiking. She is a docent at Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, where she works to enhance the resilience of this precious old growth redwood forest eco-system.

Patricia has studied Buddhism since 1997.