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Kainaz Patravala, PsyD

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Kainaz Patravala, PsyD, is a postdoctoral fellow in Health & Behavioral Medicine at UCLA. As a psychodynamically trained clinician, she is interested in group psychotherapy and how social identities such as race, gender, and culture shape the therapeutic relationship. Her work focuses on identity-based transference and countertransference, particularly within co-led groups, and on applying an intersectional, social justice lens to clinical practice and training.

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The “Good” and the “Bad”: Identity-Based Transference and Countertransference in Co-Led Group Therapy

Co-leadership, in which two clinicians jointly facilitate a therapy group, is a widely used and valued format in group psychotherapy (Rabin, 1967; Yalom & Leszcz, 2005). Advantages of co-leadership include the ability to have dual points of view within the group, divide clinical roles, model healthy interpersonal relationships for members, and the ability for a […]

Kainaz Patravala, PsyD

November 3, 2026

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