Jacqueline Sperling, PhD
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the co-founder and co-program director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program at McLean Hospital.
She is the author of the book, “Find Your Fierce: How To Put Social Anxiety in Its Place,” and a contributor for Harvard Health Publishing.
Dr. Sperling specializes in implementing cognitive behavioral therapy with exposure and response prevention and working with youth with anxiety disorders and/or obsessive compulsive disorder. She also focuses on caregiver guidance, such as behavioral parent training.
Dr. Sperling is passionate about disseminating evidence-based information to the community. For example, Dr. Sperling has been interviewed by journalists and reporters from a variety of media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, CBS News, and The Boston Globe.
She frequently provides expert commentary on a range of topics, such as the impact of social media use on mental health. Dr. Sperling also participates in government advocacy.
