Karen Hurley, PhD
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Psychiatry and Psychology
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Treatment & Services
- Coping with Loss
- Coping with Medical Illness
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Health Psychology
- Hereditary Cancer Risk Management
- Individual Psychotherapy
- Medical/Surgical Decision-making
- Presurgical Behavior Health Evaluations
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psycho-oncology
- Systematic Desensitization
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- Breast Cancer - High Risk
- Cancer Genomic Medicine
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
- Family Cancer History
- Gastric Cancer
- Grief and Loss
- Hereditary Colon Cancer
- Hereditary Gynecologic Cancers
- Infertility
- Lynch Syndrome
- Ovarian Cancer
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
- Psychological Aspects of Genetic/Metabolic Disorders
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View All PlansAbout Karen Hurley, PhD
Dr. Karen Hurley joined the professional staff at Cleveland Clinic in 2016, bringing with her almost twenty years of experience as a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in hereditary cancer risk. She received her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1983, and completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Temple University in 1998. After finishing a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and control at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, she spent eight years on faculty at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center conducting research funded by the National Cancer Institute on decision-making about risk-reducing surgery and other psychosocial issues relevant to familial cancer. She spent another six years in private practice in Manhattan seeing hereditary cancer risk patients and taught graduate health psychology at Teachers College-Columbia University. She has provided psychotherapy and consultation to approximately 500 individuals, couples, and families with BRCA1/2 mutations, Lynch syndrome, FAP, hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, Li-Fraumeni syndrome and other forms of hereditary cancer.
Dr. Hurley frequently presents lectures, workshops, and webinars for national and international audiences on decision-making about risk-reducing surgery, talking with children about risk, and building psychological resilience in the face of hereditary risk. She is a member of several national and local advisory boards, including FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), Bright Pink, Sharsheret, Cancer Support Community’s Breast and Gastric Cancer Registries, and The Gathering Place. In 2014, she received a Spirit of Empowerment Award for Individual Commitment at the 8th Annual FORCE conference, in recognition of her work on behalf of the hereditary cancer community.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2016
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - City of Hope Medical Center
Cancer Risk Assessment
Duarte,
CA
2007
Fellowship - Mount Sinai Medical Center
Cancer Prevention and Control
New York,
NY
2000
Medical Education - Temple University
Clinical Psychology
Philadelphia,
PA
1998
Residency - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School
Clinical Psychology
Newark,
NJ
1996
Undergraduate - Bryn Mawr College
Psychology
Bryn Mawr,
PA United States
1983
Additional Training
- Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment, City of Hope, Duarte CA, 2007
Professional Highlights
- Member, Advisory Board, Bright Pink
- Member, Advisory Board, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
- Member, Advisory Board, Cancer Support Community’s Breast and Gastric Cancer Registries
- Member, Advisory Board, Sharsheret
- Member, Advisory Board, The Gathering Place
Specialty Interests
Hereditary cancer syndromes (BRCA1/2, familial breast/ovarian cancer, Lynch, FAP, CDH1/hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, Li-Fraumeni, other cancer risk genes), decision-making about risk-reducing surgery, other medical and treatment decisions, communicating with children about risk, fertility and assisted reproduction, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), psychological resilience, adjustment and quality of life after surgery, identity after cancer, post-traumatic stress, bereavement
Awards & Honors
- Russell Conwell Fellowship, Temple University, 1990-91
- FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered) – Spirit of Empowerment Award, 2014
Memberships
- Member, American Psychological Association
- Associate, National Society of Genetic Counselors
Research & Publications
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| Patient Rating of Doctor | 5 |
14 Patient Comments
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Reviewed on Oct 22, 2024
I feel hopeful about my future for the first time in decades. Dr. Hurley is a huge part of that.
Reviewed on Oct 22, 2024
I can tell that Dr. Hurley truly cares. She is always advocating for me with my other doctors which has been so helpful!
Reviewed on Oct 9, 2024
Dr Hurley has helped me tremendously. She is an excellent therapist.
Reviewed on Sep 17, 2024
Dr. Karen Hurley is amazing she is very kind and completely understanding and very professional at her job
Reviewed on Aug 20, 2024
Because of therapy with Dr. Hurley, I feel empowered and have more of a voice. My life is starting to change in a very positive direction! So thankful for her!
Reviewed on Aug 7, 2024
Dr. Hurley is professional and compassionate.
Reviewed on Jul 30, 2024
There is not a high enough number to rate Dr. Hurley's exceptional care!! She never talks down to me, yet helps me when I am having trouble with something in a caring way.
Reviewed on Jun 10, 2024
Dr Hurley is very good. Listens well and responses with sympathy and intelligence.
Reviewed on May 30, 2024
Dr. Hurley is the ultimate professional who is very good at therapy.
Reviewed on May 21, 2024
There are not enough good words or high scores to reflect the dedication, kindness and knowledge that Dr. Hurley conveys in our appointments!! My physical health has impacted my mental health and she knew just how to handle it.
Reviewed on Apr 12, 2024
Dr Strickland is a compassionate, knowledgeable physician who is up to date, t very thorough, and inspires confidence. She is an asset to the clinic !
Reviewed on Mar 7, 2024
Dr Hurley is an amazing professional.
Reviewed on Jan 18, 2024
I see Dr. Hurley periodically to help me deal with genetic medical issues along with other concerns. I find Dr. Hurley knowledgeable and compassionate. I am very grateful that she is a part of the Cleveland Clinic.
Reviewed on Jan 11, 2024
Dr Hurley is so kind. It infuses everything she says