Katrina Wood, Ph.D., is a mother, wife and licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles. Wood founded Wilshire/Valley Therapy Center in 1993, which along with its subsidiary Pacific West Counseling operates in five Southern California locations. She is a longtime writer on mental health issues and the author of several self-help books. In 2008, she launched the blog healingpsych.com. Born and educated in London, Wood spent time in the television industry, becoming the UK's first female sound engineer, working on programs seen across the world. She also worked in British theater. She is the daughter of British actor Percy Herbert, who was a prisoner of war during World War II. After four years in the Changi camp in Singapore, he returned to London suffering from severe posttraumatic stress syndrome. As a result of her childhood exposure to this syndrome, Wood developed a fascination with the field of psychology. She completed her master's degree at Antioch University in Los Angeles and subsequently received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from California Coast University in Santa Ana, California. She then obtained a two-year certificate in psychoanalytic analysis at the Contemporary Institute for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. Founding member of the institute Dr. Robert D. Stolorow, an expert in trauma, continues as her mentor. Wood wrote and produced two musicals in the Los Angeles area and recently premiered a play based in part on her relationship with her ex-POW father. Wood lives in the San Fernando Valley with her husband, two dogs and two cats. She has four children.