Kevin Waldorf-Cruz

Dr. Kevin Waldorf-Cruz, DSW, LICSW, LCSW-C is the Director of Behavioral Health Practice at Whitman-Walker Health. He started his career here as a volunteer in the food bank in 1995 and shortly after began a clinical path as a behavioral health intern in 1998. He was moved by working with people living with HIV and especially newcomer asylees who faced barriers to accessing health care. Kevin completed his MSW from the Catholic University of America with a focus on trauma-informed care and his doctorate in social work from the University of Southern California with a focus on human-centered management. Kevin’s focus at Whitman-Walker Health has been around trauma informed care, gender affirming care, gender care for adolescents, integrated behavioral health, graduate education/ training, and peer support for LGBTQ seniors. In his free time, Kevin has taught yoga and meditation for over 20 years and has been trained in many modalities of holistic healing.