About

Dr. Kira Mauseth is a Teaching Professor at Seattle University, a practicing clinical psychologist, and affiliate faculty at the SMART center at University of Washington. She served as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health throughout the COVID response, and owns Astrum Health, LLC, through which she consults with organizations, educational groups and state agencies about disaster preparedness and resilience building within local communities. She is part of the mental health work group for the Pediatric Pandemic Network- a HRSA funded project alighted with the pediatric centers for excellence.

Dr. Mauseth has provided training to community groups and professionals both regionally and abroad as the co-developer of the Health Support Team^© program. Her work and research focus on disaster behavioral health, resilience, and recovery from trauma as well as small and large-scale critical incident response and preparation for organizations. She has worked abroad extensively with disaster survivors and refugees and has trained first responders and health care workers throughout Puget Sound the United States, and currently serves in the adult mental health clinical seat on Washington State’s Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC). She is the author of the text “Why Therapy Works: The Psychology of Change”.