Dr. Karen Leavitt

Dr. Karen Leavitt is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with 15 years of experience in Psychiatry.  She is a member of the Michigan State Medical Society and holds licenses to practice medicine in Michigan, Florida, and Montana.  She graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed her Psychiatry Residency at Loyola University Medical Center and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at Rush University Medical Center, both in Chicago.  She is fortunate to have worked in multiple areas of healthcare, which has served to further understanding of how to help others. She most recently worked at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she served as Chief of Pediatric Services for Hospital and Residential Services from 2021 through 2025.

Dr. Leavitt specializes in treating the following, but is also well-versed in other disorders:

  • Depression and mood disorders

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and other anxiety spectrum disorders

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Learning Disorders

  • Eating Disorders

  • Trauma-related disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Dr. Leavitt finds clinical importance in understanding and validating a patient’s point of view but also being intentional in including the family in a patient’s care, when needed. For example, parents should be involved in a child’s treatment, and it is possible to include them while being mindful of the special nature of the therapeutic relationship. In working with adults, she finds importance in learning about goals and collaborating together in creating a treatment plan.

On a personal note, Dr. Leavitt grew up in Orlando, Florida (yes, she did spend a lot of her childhood at Disney!) but now resides in Caledonia, where she enjoys spending time with her family and chickens, knitting, reading, learning, and traveling.  She is a practicing Catholic, and firmly believes that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms).

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