Jacqueline Sperling, PhD

Co-Founder and Co-Program Director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Jacqueline Sperling, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, assistant professor in psychology 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 young adult nonfiction 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 by using behavioral parent training, to help families address children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors. 

In addition, Dr. Sperling is passionate about disseminating evidence-based information to the community, and she frequently speaks about the impact of social media use on mental health. Moreover, Dr. Sperling is committed to increasing access to care and participates in advocacy at state and federal government levels.