Katherine Wiebe
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology and PsyD Program Chair
BA, Gordon College
MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
PhD, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
PsyD, Antioch University, Santa Barbara
Courses Taught
Campus Affiliations
Areas of Expertise
Group/organizational/community trauma, healing, and resilience; transgenerational effects of trauma and healing; leadership psychology; high sensitivity; relational psychoanalysis / relationality / intersubjectivity; internal family systems; practical theology; biblical exegesis in relation to trauma and healing
Current Research
“As faith leaders seek to lead their groups through the aftereffects of trauma, and in particular to do so liturgically, it is important that they recognize not only how group spirits can break but also how they can mend.”
– Kate Wiebe, in an essay on collective pain for the Liturgy Journal, available here.
Bio
Kate Wiebe joined the Fuller faculty in 2025 as assistant professor of clinical psychology and PsyD program chair. She brings more than 20 years of research, organizational consulting, pastoring, teaching, and clinical psychology experience in private practice, churches, nonprofits, and higher education.
Prior to Fuller, Dr. Wiebe conducted private practice as a licensed clinical psychologist and organizational consulting practice with ministry groups including Young Life, congregations from various denominational and non-denominational backgrounds, private schools, and small businesses. Following her PhD studies in pastoral theology, personality, and culture, she secured over a million dollars in donations to found and direct the Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth (ICTG), which she led for over ten years. In her work at ICTG, and as a volunteer with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Wiebe led deployments and response efforts to over 30 disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and mass attacks.
Wiebe comes with extensive experience in natural disasters and crises, regularly speaking and consulting for various projects and programs. She served on the Emotional and Spiritual Committee for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster coalition (NVOAD) for several years, and is co-author of Recovering from Unnatural Disasters. Her primary research interests are as a practical theologian and psychologist in areas of theology, exegesis, emotion, and individual and group psychology.
Dr. Wiebe has been a member of the Psychology, Culture, and Religion unit of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Biblical Literature, the Society for Pastoral Theology, and the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis. She is an ordained minister of the Word and Sacrament (PCUSA), and also maintains a small private practice: Bide Well Psychotherapy. She is married to Dr. Erik Wiebe and they have four children spanning two decades, which keeps their family gatherings lively.