Kalpa Bhattacharjee

Dr. Bhattacharjee is a licensed clinical psychologist, adjunct professor in the PsyD program of the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, and adjunct professor in the School of Nursing and Health Professions Clinical Psychology PsyD program at USF.  Dr. Bhattacharjee sees individuals in private practice in San Francisco, CA.

Dr. Bhattacharjee has co-authored publications in peer-reviewed publications in the fields of developmental psychology, Asian-American psychology, and mood disorders and presented her research at national scientific conferences.  Her current research interests include cultural psychology, immigration and mental health, and sociocultural and relational factors that impact risk and resilience to psychopathology.

In addition to her academic and clinical work in psychology, Dr. Bhattacharjee has a background in music performance.  She has performed as a chorister with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and with chamber choirs in the Bay Area.

• Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Trauma
• Cultural factors in psychotherapy

• Cultural psychology
• Immigration and mental health
• Sociocultural and relational factors that impact risk and resilience to psychopathology

• PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, 2023
• Wake Forest University, MA in Experimental Psychology, 2013
• UCLA, BS in Psychobiology, 2007
• UCLA, BA in English Literature, 2007

• Postdoctoral Resident in Clinical Psychology, San Francisco VA Medical Center
• Doctoral Intern, Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS)

• PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium Merit and Diversity Fellowship, 2017-2020
• Wake Forest University Graduate School Full Tuition Scholarship, 2011-2013
• National Merit Scholarship, UCLA, 2003-2007

• Kiang, L., & Bhattacharjee, K. (2019). Developmental change and correlates of autonomy in Asian American adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 410-421.
• Kiang, L., & Bhattacharjee, K. (2016). A narrative-linguistic approach to understanding Asian American adolescents’ discrimination experiences. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 7(1), 41.
• Furman, D.J., Waugh, C.E., Bhattacharjee, K., Thompson, R.J., & Gotlib, I.H. (2013). Interoceptive awareness, positive affect, and decision making in Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of affective disorders, 151(2):780-785.