Katherine Marshall Woods

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Born1976
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • Media psychologist
  • Television host
  • Producer
  • Author

Katherine Marshall Woods (born in 1976) known professionally as Dr. Marshall Woods is an American media psychologist, television host, producer and author, best known for hosting the 2024 Telly Award winning television show Best Psychology in Film. [1][2]. She holds a doctorate degree in professional psychology, continues to practice as a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice and is the Director of Graduate Studies in the Professional Psychology at The George Washington University.[3]

Marshall Woods rose to public recognition with hosting UDCtv’s A Healthy Mind in 2019.[4] She became a co-producer upon the television show bringing experts from a myriad of fields (i.e Lindsay Sutherland Boal/Canada Covid Chronicles) to educate the public regarding the impact their work has on healthy mental health and living.[5] Within the Covid-19 pandemic, Marshall Woods began to independently produce the show, Best Psychology in Film, eponymous to her first publication, to highlight filmmakers and their work while sharing the psychological elements that make their art meaningful.[6] After season one, The University of the District of Columbia joined the production team filming 30 episodes. The show is currently in Season 5 after completing 40 episodes.

Early life and education

Marshall Woods engaged in numerous artistic endeavors in her childhood including theater, vocals and orchestra. By high school, she studied voice at The Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts (Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts). Concurrently, she was employed at Aetna Insurance Company within the visual communication department learning the technical aspects of media and laying the path of her media psychological career.

Marshall Woods pursued her undergraduate degree at The George Washington University earning a BA in psychology and continuing her education at the same university obtaining a doctorate in psychology.

Early Career

The first decade of Marshall Woods career was dedicated service to children, adolescents and families. Marshall Woods' expertise was utilized on various media outlets such as WAMU, WHUR-FM, Heart and Soul Magazine, Washington Post, Circa News, Condé Nast-SELF Magazine, Talk of the Nation (NPR) and HuffPost Live as an expert psychologist.[7][8]

Television Career

Dr. Marshall Woods has lent expertise to media outlets throughout her career. She has been featured on News Channel 8’s (Washington,DC) Let’s Talk Live, In Transition with Libra Johnson, The Talk Lounge, Circa News and interviewed numerous times with Presstv speaking regarding mental health care and healthy living. After the interview on the UDCtv show A Healthy Mind, Marshall Woods became the host and a producer on the show. Marshall Woods hosted 37 episodes before shifting focus in 2020 during the pandemic.[9] Within that time she began interviewing filmmakers regarding their latest films and holding conversation regarding the influence psychology had in their art. Best Psychology in Film was born, where Marshall Woods serves as host and producer.

Approach to Psychology

Dr. Marshall Woods primarily practices from a psychodynamic theoretical perspective integrating trauma theories into her delivered service. Marshall Woods’ approach to consultation with screenwriters and filmmakers at various stages of development invite conversations to consider the nuances of characters’ psychology to enrich the themes and set development of the production.[10] Marshall Woods has provided support upon sets for cast in crew to support mental health and morale during emotionally challenging scenes. She has contributed as a producer on the films Daddy’s Home (2020) and The Pushover (2024) [11][12]

Writing Career

“Ask Dr. Marshall Woods” column began Marshall Woods’ writing career distributed with EmPower Magazine answering questions posed by readers regarding relationships, coping strategies, grief etc. Marshall Woods continued writing marrying psychology and cinema with American Psychological Association’s former journal PsycCRITIQUES in 2016 highlighting psychological concepts and diagnoses found within cinematic works.Thereafter, she began to contribute to Huffington Post creating blogs that explored the psychological dynamics located within specific films.[13] She continued contributions with both Medium and Thrive Global and published her first book in 2018, Best Psychology in Film. Marshall Woods published the article “What Is My Part” in Studies in Gender and Sexuality noting her commitment to practicing in media psychology as an area of specialty while sharing what the path has been like as an African American woman in the field of psychology.[14] In 2024 Marshall Woods was invited to share her expertise in psychology and film with other media psychology experts in the Handbook of Media Psychology.[15] Her 2025 publication, Black Film Through A Psychodynamic Lens explores the influence of Black film to American culture and beyond.[16] Marshall Woods has co-authored numerous articles on various aspects of psychology pertaining to psychological assessment, clinical supervision and students’ academic success and has been quoted in countless articles that share psychology with the public.

Filmography

  • Best Psychology in Film (2020-). Host, Producer
  • The Pushover (2024). Producer
  • Left Fingers (2023). Psychological Consultant
  • Daddy’s Home (2020). Producer
  • A Healthy Mind[17] (2019-current). Host, Producer

Publications

  • Woods, Katherine Marshall (2025). Black film through a psychodynamic lens. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781032508399.
  • Marshall Woods, Katherine (11 September 2017). "Can you Find It? Forgiveness, a Way to Heal From Pains". PsycCRITIQUES. 62 (36). doi:10.1037/a0040847.
  • Woods, Katherine Marshall (29 May 2017). "Resilience: A Gift During Traumatic TimesResilience: A Gift During Traumatic Times". PsycCRITIQUES. 6262 (2222). doi:10.1037/a0040841.
  • Marshall Woods, Katherine (17 April 2017). "Come Ye: Create Your Impulses and Conflicts to Resolution!". PsycCRITIQUES. 62 (16). doi:10.1037/a0040768.
  • Woods, Katherine Marshall (30 January 2017). "Anna's Envy: Desire to Destruction". PsycCRITIQUES. 62 (5). doi:10.1037/a0040708.
  • Woods, Katherine Marshall (3 October 2016). "Seeing "Red" through Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder". PsycCRITIQUES. 61 (40). doi:10.1037/a0040533.
  • Marshall Woods, Katherine (2024). "Psychology and Popular Film". In Rich, Grant J.; Kumar, V. K.; Farley, Frank H. (eds.). Handbook of Media Psychology: TheScience and The Practice. Springer Cham. pp. 131–141. ISBN 978-3-031-56536-6.
  • Ruth, R.; Marshall Woods, K.; Fenton, R. (February 2021). "Test review of the California Verbal Learning Test--Third Edition". In Carlson, Janet F.; Geisinger, Kurt F.; Jonson, Jessica L. (eds.). The Twenty-First Mental Measurements Yearbook. Buros Center for Testing. ISBN 9780910674683.
  • Marshall Woods, K. (2018). Best Psychology in Film. Upper Marlboro, MD

References

  1. ↑ "Winners". Telly Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. ↑ Best Psychology in Film (Talk-Show), Katherine Marshall Woods PsyD, Craig T. Williams, Marcellus Cox, University of District of Columbia, 2020-09-01, retrieved 2025-01-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ "People | Professional Psychology | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University". Professional Psychology | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  4. ↑ UDC-TV (2022-05-19). A Healthy Mind. Retrieved 2025-01-16 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Home". The COVID Chronicles. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  6. ↑ Best Psychology in Film (Talk-Show), Katherine Marshall Woods PsyD, Craig T. Williams, Marcellus Cox, University of District of Columbia, 2020-09-01, retrieved 2025-01-15{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ Todd, Carolyn L. (2019-04-01). "9 Ways to Be There for Someone Who Survived a Horrible Trauma". SELF. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  8. ↑ Outen, Gwen (December 13, 2011). "December 13th: What's On Today's Show". NPR. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ UDC-TV (2022-05-19). A Healthy Mind. Retrieved 2025-01-14 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "PsychMinded Media – Understanding psychological dynamics within film and media". www.psychmindedmedia.com. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  11. ↑ Sturgis, Gary Anthony (2020-02-20), Daddy's Home (Short), Charles Malik Whitfield, Noelle Jackson, Ariana Rivera, Crimson Hill Entertainment, retrieved 2025-01-16
  12. ↑ Sesay, Abdul T. (2024-06-14), The Pushover (Documentary, Comedy, Drama), Alvin Gray, Asia Antoinette, Desi Alexander, Sa-Loan Productions, retrieved 2025-01-16
  13. ↑ "Katherine Marshall Woods, Psy.D. | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  14. ↑ Woods, Katherine Marshall (2020-04-02). "What Is My Part?". Studies in Gender and Sexuality. 21 (2): 94–98. doi:10.1080/15240657.2020.1760023. ISSN 1524-0657.
  15. ↑ Rich, Grant J.; Kumar, V. K.; Farley, Frank H., eds. (2024). "Handbook of Media Psychology". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56537-3. ISBN 978-3-031-56536-6.
  16. ↑ Staff (2024-11-20). "Katherine Marshall Woods, author of Black Film Through Psychodyamic Lens". BlackNews.com. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  17. ↑ "A Healthy Mind". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-01-13.

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