Brieanne Kohrt, PhD, PMH-C is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in perinatal mental health, complex trauma, and cultural adaptation of interventions for Spanish-speaking communities. She is a Perinatal Psychologist at the Developing Brain Institute (DBI) in Washington, DC, where she directs the Latina Perinatal Mental Health Fellowship, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics at George Washington University. She earned her doctorate from the Catholic University of America, her internship in child clinical psychology at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, and her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology with Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Brie is committed to reducing barriers to mental health care for Spanish-speaking families. Her research focuses on task-sharing models to address perinatal mental health needs in low-resource settings across Latin America and the U.S. She leads projects in Guatemala training community health workers in perinatal mental health and is the PI on a study culturally adapting Perinatal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (P-ACT) for Central American immigrant women. She is also the Director of PASEO Salud Mental, a non-profit expanding access to mental health care for Spanish speakers in the U.S. and Peru. Through PASEO, she co-leads a Spanish for mental health immersion program in Peru focused, and also developed the PASP-MH, an assessment of Spanish skills specific to the mental health field, in order to ensure that Spanish-speaking patients receive high quality mental health care. Her work with PASEO led to her receiving the Division 52 (International Psychology) Early Career Psychologist Award in 2023.

Brie is active in several organizations, including the National Latinx Psychological Association, where she co-chairs the Bilingual Special Interest Group, the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, where she co-chairs the Conference Program Committee, Postpartum Support International, and Divisions 52 and 53 of the American Psychological Association