Katerina Krieger, PA-C

About Katerina Krieger

Katerina Krieger is a physician assistant who works in psychiatry at Axis Integrated Mental Health. She earned a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She also completed a Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Rocky Vista University in Parker, Colorado.

As an undergraduate, she worked in a research lab that studied epilepsy. She worked as a physician assistant in burn surgery at Swedish Medical Center, caring for very sick patients in the Burn ICU and helping in reconstructive surgeries. She has helped patients with depression and anxiety in inpatient, residential and partial hospitalization programs.

She prescribes and manages two treatments, Deep TMS and ketamine therapy, for patients who did not respond to medication alone. She also provides step-down care, which helps patients after they finish an in-patient recovery program. She works with adults who have treatment-resistant depression, anxiety or PTSD.

She also sees patients who have both an eating disorder and a mood disorder. Her philosophy is to walk alongside patients instead of dictating treatment, and she shares decisions with them at every step. She puts weight on pairing medication with therapy, coping skills and community support.