Meet Dr. Furey
Katrina Furey, M.D. is a board-certified adult psychiatrist practicing in Guilford, Connecticut. With a special interest in women’s mental health, she is one of the only psychiatrists in Connecticut offering psychotherapy, medication management, and expert consultation for women with depression, anxiety, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (including OCD), birth trauma, and menopausal mood and anxiety disorders. She also specializes in treating psychiatric sequelae of medical conditions, including infertility and cancer. She also specializes in treating young adults, college and graduate students, medical professionals, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Dr. Furey graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Biology with a Specialization in Neuroscience. She attended medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, where she was the recipient of several awards including the Henry J. Bakst Award in Community Medicine for Geriatrics and the David R. Iverson Award for Excellence in Psychiatry. She was also inducted into the prestigious Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), which recognizes medical “students who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. GHHS members are peer nominated and are the ones that others say they want taking care of their own family.” (excerpt from www.gold-foundation.org)
Although initially deciding between pursuing a career in neurology or obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN), Dr. Furey was drawn to the field of psychiatry because of its unparalleled clinical opportunities combining neuroscience, direct patient care, and the art of psychotherapy. These early interests in neurology and OBGYN influence her clinical practice as a reproductive psychiatrist. She pursued a four-year adult psychiatry residency at Yale University graduating in 2018. While at Yale, she was elected by her peers to serve as co-president of Yale’s Psychiatry Residency Association where she acted as a liaison between residents and faculty members. During residency, she learned the art of psychopharmacology and sought out additional training in psychotherapy (particularly psychodynamic psychotherapy), emergency psychiatry, and women’s mental health. She also participated in various teaching activities and published several journal articles. As a fourth year resident, she served dually as Chief Resident at the Connecticut Veterans Affairs Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Room and Outpatient PTSD Clinic.
Before transitioning into private practice, Dr. Furey worked at Yale University’s Mental Health and Counseling department providing psychotherapy and medication management to undergraduate and graduate students; at the Connecticut Veterans Affairs Hospital’s West Haven psychiatric emergency room and New London community-based outpatient clinic; and in collaboration with Yale New Haven Hospital treating medical and surgical residents.
Dr. Furey has been featured as a perinatal mental health expert on Connecticut’s WFSB Channel 3 news “Good Day at 9” and in print publications like CNN, Newsweek, and Yahoo News. She is available for speaking engagements, press, provider outreach, professional supervision, and educational conferences.
In August 2022, Dr. Furey was asked to join Access Mental Health for Moms CT. In this role, she is one of four perinatal psychiatrists offering psychiatric expertise and consultation to medical providers across the state of Connecticut treating women for mental health and/or substance use conditions during pregnancy and up to one year after delivery.
Since February 2023, Dr. Furey has co-hosted the podcast Analyze Scripts. where she and a colleague (Portia Pendleton, LCSW) analyze the depiction of mental health in film and TV shows. The goal of the podcast is to use an entertaining medium to disseminate accurate information about mental health conditions, treatments, and diagnoses in attempts to combat the plethora of misinformation available to the general population. You can find “Analyze Scripts” on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.