Kateřina Potyszová works at the Center for Sexual Health and Interventions as a researcher, psychotherapist and crisis intervention specialist. She also oversees the SexHelp crisis helpline and serves as a methodology specialist for the Parafilik program.

She studied at the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University, where she focused on human evolutionary psychology, and is currently pursuing a doctorate. She completed a five-year comprehensive training program in cognitive behavioral therapy at Institut KBT, training in both in-person and telephone crisis intervention, and several specialized international training programs focused on working with people with paraphilias and those at increased risk of committing sexual offenses (BEDIT, GLM, StopSO and Stop It Now! interventions).

She is certified to use standardized tools for assessing the risk of sexual offending and predicting reoffending (Static-99, Stable-2007/Acute-2007, SVR-20, HCR-20 and SAPROF). She is also a certified trainer for Static-99 and Stable-2007/Acute-2007.

She gained professional experience through placements at facilities providing court-ordered sexological treatment, secure detention facilities and prisons in the Czech Republic and abroad, including in Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. She also completed placements at the Office of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service, the First Psychological Aid Helpline, Bílý kruh bezpečí, the Children’s Crisis Centre and the Crisis Intervention Centre at Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital.

She has worked at the National Institute of Mental Health since 2016. Her research focuses primarily on paraphilias, sexual violence, standardized risk assessment for people who have committed sexual offenses, communication between partners, jealousy and infidelity.