Dr. CK Olivieri Blackmore is a licensed psychotherapist, depth-oriented social psychologist, adjunct professor, clinical supervisor, qualitative researcher, mediator, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. CK’s clinical approach blends the latest evidenced-based research with warmth, humor, compassion, and creativity. Specializing in PTSD/Disassociative disorders, human sexuality, and relationship dynamics, CK is particularly adept in issues pertaining to the queer community and their loved ones. Drawing upon social-developmental psychology, queer studies, and ecopsychological principles and practices, CK’s approach to therapy utilizes an interactive insight + behavior change model.

From cognitive-behavioral (CBT), dialectical-behavioral (DBT), IFS, and family systems theories to EMDR, Gottman, and EFT, her style is empathic and fun, co-creating meaningful relationships with her students, colleagues, and clientele.

CK has a doctoral degree in East-West Psychology, a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and post-graduate certificates in Advanced Traumatic Studies and Spiritual Counseling. She is the author of Queer Archetypal Lifespan Development Theory & The New Myth, an innovative theory of queer adult lifespan development published in the International Journal of Transdisciplinary Psychology as well as  Terraplomacy: An Ecofeminist Model for Working with Conflict, a chapter in Terrapsychology: Further Inquiry into Self, Place, and Planet. 

Currently, CK is an adjunct professor of professional law and ethics, research methods, and couples therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as a practicum clinical supervisor with the Integral Counseling Psychology department. She supervises postgraduate associates in both her private practice and through The Queer Mind Institute, an organization she co-founded dedicated to queer psychotherapy, coaching, education and research. In 2023, CK became the lead facilitator of the Terrapsychological Collaborative, a group dedicated to expanding the impact of terrapsychology’s principles and practices, as well as a board member of Aviva Arts, an arts and wellness organization dedicated to centering least-heard voices.