Clare Knudson, PhD is a licensed psychologist

in Los Angeles. Alongside her therapy practice, she teaches, speaks publicly, and writes. 

Clare Knudson, PhD is a licensed psychologist in Los Angeles. Alongside her therapy practice, she teaches, speaks publicly, and writes. 

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PSY36193

Therapy

Finding a trustworthy therapist can make life’s darkest moments more bearable.

Adults

Together, we will uncover what hinders your aspirations, explore unsettling tendencies, understand repetitive patterns in your relationships, and reveal what inhibits you from feeling emotionally fulfilled. My work also sources itself in the body, and I will aid you in contending with how to live in yours. Through our work together, you will come to know yourself in a way you haven’t before.

Couples

Sustained intimacy is often complicated terrain. Together, we understand the patterns that influence how you and your partner relate. I then aid you to move beyond these repetitive dynamics to more satisfying ways of connecting.

Children

Young people communicate something is troubling them through behaviors that disrupt the rhythms of daily life. Children speak most fluently in play, while adolescents often need an unconventional way into therapy. In a language that resonates with your young person, I work to understand what’s concerning them and help them overcome their difficulties. I also meet with you regularly to ensure we’re working together to foster your child’s resilience.

If you think you might work well with me, or that I might work well with your child or teen, please reach out.

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Teaching

I teach interdisciplinary courses on psychoanalysis, gender, sexuality, and clinical practice. I pair theoretical readings with literature and film, helping students think critically and expansively about the therapeutic encounter.

Courses

Queer Perspectives in Psychoanalysis, Wright Institute Los Angeles

Sex, Money, and Me, Wright Institute Los Angeles

Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind, New Center for Psychoanalysis

Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood, New Center for Psychoanalysis 

Depression in Childhood, New Center for Psychoanalysis 

Speaking

Upcoming

To Be Announced

Previously

Flights of Imagination in Critica, “Our Spoon,” PINC, San Francisco, October 2027

Climate Change as Institutional Betrayal, “We're Okay, We're Okay,” Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY, April 2026

Family Matters, “If You’re Gonna Use My Hairbrush,” American Psychoanalytic Association, Online, March 2026

Writing Minds, "Our Spoon", fort da, Berkeley, January 2026

A Day with Carol Gilligan, "The Case of Kit and Her Gift," New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, November 2023

Upcoming

To Be Announced

Previously

Flights of Imagination in Critica, “Our Spoon,” PINC, San Francisco, October 2027

Climate Change as Institutional Betrayal, “We're Okay, We're Okay,” Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology 45th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY, April 2026

Family Matters, “If You’re Gonna Use My Hairbrush,” American Psychoanalytic Association, Online, March 2026

Writing Minds, "Our Spoon", fort da, Berkeley, January 2026

A Day with Carol Gilligan, "The Case of Kit and Her Gift," New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, November 2023

Writing

Published

“Picturing My Sister” The American Psychoanalyst, 2026

“We’re Okay, We’re Okay” fort da, 2026

“Our Spoon” Critica, 2026

hello@clareknudson.phd

310-304-2423

1301 N Catalina Street
Suite 4
Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Clare Knudson PhD is a licensed psychologist (PSY36193) who works with a diverse range of children, adolescents, parents, couples, and adults in her private practice. Her background in gender studies, critical theory, psychoanalysis, and somatic psychology shape her rich, integrative approach to clinical work and teaching.

She teaches at both the New Center for Psychoanalysis and the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a psychoanalytic community clinic and training site. She is also a psychoanalyst in training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the APA Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, where she serves on the board of Section II.

License

Psychologist California PSY36193

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2023

BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Naropa University, 2015

Training

Psychoanalyst in Training, New Center for Psychoanalysis, current

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New Center for Psychoanalysis, 2024

Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Wright Institute Los Angeles, 2022

Body-Mind Psychotherapy Level 1, Susan Aposhyan, 2017

hello@clareknudson.phd

310-304-2423

1301 N Catalina Street
Suite 4
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Client Portal

Clare Knudson PhD is a licensed psychologist (PSY36193) who works with a diverse range of children, adolescents, parents, couples, and adults in her private practice. Her background in gender studies, critical theory, psychoanalysis, and somatic psychology shape her rich, integrative approach to clinical work and teaching.

She teaches at both the New Center for Psychoanalysis and the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a psychoanalytic community clinic and training site. She is also a psychoanalyst in training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the APA Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, where she serves on the board of Section II.

License

Psychologist California PSY36193

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2023

BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Naropa University, 2015

Training

Psychoanalyst in Training, New Center for Psychoanalysis, current

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New Center for Psychoanalysis, 2024

Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Wright Institute Los Angeles, 2022

Body-Mind Psychotherapy Level 1, Susan Aposhyan, 2017

hello@clareknudson.phd

310-304-2423

1301 N Catalina Street
Suite 4
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Client Portal

Clare Knudson PhD is a licensed psychologist (PSY36193) who works with a diverse range of children, adolescents, parents, couples, and adults in her private practice. Her background in gender studies, critical theory, psychoanalysis, and somatic psychology shape her rich, integrative approach to clinical work and teaching.

She teaches at both the New Center for Psychoanalysis and the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a psychoanalytic community clinic and training site. She is also a psychoanalyst in training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the APA Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, where she serves on the board of Section II.

License

Psychologist California PSY36193

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2023

BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Naropa University, 2015

Training

Psychoanalyst in Training, New Center for Psychoanalysis, current

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New Center for Psychoanalysis, 2024

Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Wright Institute Los Angeles, 2022

Body-Mind Psychotherapy Level 1, Susan Aposhyan, 2017