Kristina Reigstad
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Credentials
PsyD, LP

Associate Professor
Biography

Bio

I am a child psychologist with an interest in adolescent depression and psychotherapy at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. I received my BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in Eau-Claire, graduating summa cum laude. I received my MA in counseling psychology from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. I completed my PsyD in counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN, and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology and research in the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program here at the University of Minnesota.

I provide clinical services to children, adolescents, and adults. I also provide psychotherapy to parents with their own mental health concerns and parents of children experiencing mental illness. I am trained in Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), including Exposure and Response Prevention. 

My research interests include developing and implementing effective treatments for adolescent depression, maternal mental health, and promoting positive parenting practices. I am a co-investigator for the RADLab (Research in Adolescent Depression), which aims to advance understanding of the biology of mood disorders in adolescents and to test how investigational treatments may work to restore health in young people.

Within the University of Minnesota Medical School, I provide training and supervision for clinical psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents and fellows.

Expertise

  • Psychotherapy
  • Parent-based interventions to address disruptions in parent-adolescent attachment
  • Adolescent psychopathology
  • Parental mental health

Administrative Assistant

(for academic support only)
Molly Jokimaki
jokim004@umn.edu

In the Media

Research Summary

Dr. Reigstad's research interests include the development and implementation of evidence-based interventions for adolescent depression, maternal mental health and maternal depression, and positive parenting practices. Dr. Registad's research is focused on the interpersonal processes implicated in the link between parental depression and child and adolescent depression, and associations between improvement in parents' depression and their children's psychopathology. She also conducts research on the interpersonal context of depression, and she is interested in the impact of parent-child attachment relationships on child and parent functioning.

Teaching Summary

Dr. Reigstad provides training and supervision for clinical psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents and fellows in the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Clinical Summary

Dr. Reigstad is a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota and provides individual psychotherapy and psychological assessments in the Child & Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic. She provides clinical services to children, adolescents and adults. She provides psychotherapy to parents with their own mental health concerns and parents of children experiencing mental illness.

Dr. Reigstad is trained in Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) and Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT), including Exposure and Response Prevention.

Education

MA, Bethel University
Major: Counseling Psychology
PsyD, University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Major: Counseling Psychology
BA, Summa Cum Laude, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Major: Psychology

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Child & Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorder Clinics Postdoctoral Fellowship,
University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Predoctoral Internship in Psychology,
University of St. Thomas, Counseling and Psychological Services (APA Accredited)

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association
Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Reigstad K.M., Gunlicks-Stoessel M.L., Westervelt A., Gearity A.R., 2022. Healthy emotions and relationships with teens - A guide for parents (HEART-P): An intervention development study of a parent-based intervention for adolescents with depression. Clinical Child Psychol Psychiatry, 27 (3): 586-597.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221078416 PubMed ID: 35333639.
B, K.-D., Başgöze, Z., Mueller, B., Wiglesworth, A., Carosella, K.A., Westlund Schreiner, M., Bortnova, A., Reigstad, K., Cullen, K., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., 2022. Structural and functional neural correlates of treatment response for interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Mufson, L., Bernstein, G., Westervelt, A., Reigstad, K. M., Cullen, K., Murray, A., Vock, D., 2019. Critical decision points for augmenting interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents: A pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58 (1): 80-91.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.06.032 PubMed ID: 30577943.
Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Eckshtain, D., Lee, S., Reigstad, K. M., Mufson, L., Weisz, J., 2019. Latent Profiles of Cognitive and Interpersonal Risk Factors for Adolescent Depression and Implications for Personalized Treatment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,
Cullen, K. R., Brown, R., Schreiner, M. W., Eberly, L. E., Klimes-Dougan, B., Reigstad, K. M., Hill, D., Kim, K. O., Mueller, B. A., 2019. White matter microstructure relates to lassitude but not diagnosis in adolescents with depression. Brain Imaging Behavior, 14 (5): 1507-1520.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00078-8 PubMed ID: 30887416.
Cullen, K. R., Amatya, P., Roback, M. G., Schreiner Westland, M., Ren, Y., Eberly, L. E., Carstedt, P., Samikoglu, A., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Reigstad, K. M., Horek, N., Tye, S., Lim, K. O., Klimes-Dougan, B., 2018. Intravenous ketamine for adolescents with treatment-resistant depression: An Open-Label Study. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 28 (7): 437-444.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2018.0030 PubMed ID: 30004254.
Klimes-Dougan, B., Westlund Schreiner, Thai, M., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Reigstad, K. M., Cullen, K. R., 2018. Neural and neuroendocrine predictors of pharmacological treatment response in adolescents with depression: A preliminary study. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 81 194-202.
Cullen, K. R., Klimes-Dougan, B., Westlund Schreiner, M., Carstedt, P., Marka, N., Nelson, K., Miller, M., Reigstad, K. M., Westervelt, A., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Eberly, L., 2017. Acetylcysteine for nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior in adolescents: An open-label pilot study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 28 (2): 136-144.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2017.0032 PubMed ID: 29053023.
Westlund Schreiner, M., Klimes-Dougan, B., Mueller, B. A., Eberly, L. E., Hall, K., Carstedt A., Thomas, K. M., Hunt, R. H., Lim, K. O., Cullen, K. R., 2017. Multi-modal neuroimaging of adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: Amygdala functional connectivity. Journal of Affective Disorders, 211 47-55.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.06.004 PubMed ID: 28628767.
Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., Westervalt, A., Reigstad, K. M., Mufson, L., Lee, S., 2017. The role of attachment style in interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. Psychotherapy Research, 29 (1): 78-85.
Selected Presentations

Selected Presentations

Reigstad, K. M., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Westervelt, A. "Parent-based attachment intervention targeting adolescent depression", Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2018.
Reigstad, K. M., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. "Parent-based attachment intervention targeting adolescent depression- development and preliminary research findings", 22nd Annual Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH) Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, MACMH, Duluth, Minnesota, April 17, 2018.
Reigstad, K. M. "Depression in Teens", Depression Support Coalition, March 26, 2018.
Reigstad, K. M., Westervelt, A., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. "Role of affiliation and attachment in interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents", Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland, March 31, 2016.
Reigstad, K. M., Pilowsky, D., Garber, J., Swartz, H., Birmaher, B. "Remission of Parental Depression: Impact on Children", Depression: Personalized Treatments for Anxiety and Mood Disorders, Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Chicago, Illinois, April 30, 2014.
Reigstad, K. M., Klimes-Dougan, B., Brand, A. E. "Depressed and non-depressed mothers and the emotional scaffolding of their children", 76th Annual Educational Conference and Exposition, Minnesota Psychological Association (MPA), Minnetonka, Minnesota, April 21, 2012.
Reigstad, K. M., Houri, A., Schimunek, C. L., Klimes-Dougan, B., Marjanska, M., Lim, Cullen, K. "Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and depression in adolescent girls", Annual meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry, San Francisco, California, May 14, 2011.
Reigstad, K. M., Klimes-Dougan, B., Garcia, C., Sung, Y., Houri, A. "Latino perceptions of suicide risk", Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, California, August 15, 2010.
Reigstad, K. M., Klimes-Dougan, B. "Parental factors in child psychopathology", Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, California, August 14, 2010.
Contact

Contact

Address

Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, 2025 E River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55414