Professional Biography
Dr. Kyle Schultz is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked as a therapist, educator, and lecturer in various settings with a diverse array of people. He received his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology and M.Ed. in Human Sexuality from Widener University. Dr. Schultz joined the University of Pennsylvania in 2013 as a practicum seminar leader, and joined the faculty in the fall of 2014. He teaches courses in counseling interventions, advanced ethics, practicum, sociocultural issues in counseling, basic counseling skills, human sexuality, and career counseling. In addition to working as a full-time lecturer in the professional counseling program, he also owns his own private psychotherapy practice, seeing individuals with issues related to sexuality, relationships, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.
Dr. Schultz is dedicated to helping students understand the many theoretical and clinical developments in psychoanalysis since the days of Freud by teaching up-to-date research on psychoanalysis. Dr. Schultz also recently co-facilitated a group on working with underserved populations from a relational psychoanalytic perspective. He is a member of the Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and recently participated in analytic training with the Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis in Philadelphia (IRPP).
Dr. Schultz is particularly interested in the area of human sexuality. His doctoral dissertation, entitled "Withdrawal from Sexual Addiction: An Evaluation of Symptomatology during Residential Treatment," looked at descriptive data of men who were in treatment for sexual addiction/compulsivity. Dr. Schultz has also presented on working with gender non-conforming clients in family therapy. More recently, he has studied the development of sexual identity in men and how the use of social media apps like Grindr and Scruff have been used to navigate the coming out process. In addition to his interests in sexuality, Dr. Schultz is also interested in the treatment of mental health challenges using a psychoanalytic approach.
Clinically speaking, Dr. Schultz's practice mirrors his academic research interests and endeavors. He primarily works with people around issues related to sexuality (LGBT issues including coming out, dating/relationships, sexual dysfunction, sexual addiction/compulsivity, sexual trauma). Dr. Schultz practices from a relational psychoanalytic perspective, though he is versed in and uses cognitive behavioral, person-centered, emotion-focused, and motivational interviewing approaches in his work, depending on the needs of his client. He has done individual, couple, family, and group therapy in various settings, including college campuses, community mental health settings, residential facilities for people with sexual addiction/compulsivity/trauma, and eating disorders. Dr. Schultz also volunteers as a supervisor for the peer counselors at the William Way Center, which provides free short-term therapy, in person and over the phone, for LGBTQ populations.