Esther Howe, PhD

Career path.

1. UW Medicine

   Affiliate Instructor

   Mar 2026 - Present
2. Anthropic

   Policy Design Manager, User Well-Being

   Feb 2026 - Present
3. UW Medicine

   T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

   Sep 2025 - Feb 2026
4. mpathic

   Clinical Roleplay and Red Team Expert

   Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
5. Aligned Labs

   AI Psychotherapy Consultant

   Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
6. University of Washington

   Psychology Resident

   Jul 2024 - Jun 2025
7. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

   Psychology Extern

   Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
8. Clearwater Counseling & Assessment Services

   DBT Therapist & Assessment Extern

   Aug 2021 - Jun 2023
9. Microsoft

   PhD Intern - Microsoft Research, Human Understanding and Empathy Group

   May 2021 - Aug 2021
10. UC Berkeley

    Doctoral Candidate

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2025
11. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Program Coordinator, Depression Clinical & Research Program

    Jun 2016 - Jun 2018