Degree Type/Field (eg PhD in Clinical Psychology)

https://clinicalneurosciences.ca

https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/psych/admissions-how-apply

https://psychology.osu.edu/about/programs/clinical

https://www.umass.edu/psychological-brain-sciences/people/katherine-dixon-gordon

https://www.umass.edu/psychological-brain-sciences/research/clinical-psychology

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/psychology/faculty/faculty-directory.host.html/content/shared/arts-sciences/psychology/faculty-staff/faculty-profiles/simms-leonard.html

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/psychology/graduate/phd/clinical-psychology.html

Applied and basic psychological assessment; dimensional models of personality and psychopathology; item response theory applications to personality measures and computerized adaptive testing

PhD/ Clinical-Developmental psychology

Our lab studies the developmental roots of personality pathology, with a specific focus on interpersonal and self processes

https://hhs.purdue.edu/directory/susan-south/

https://hhs.purdue.edu/graduate-programs/clinical-psychological-sciences/

The association between personality disorders and romantic relationships; structural modeling of personality disorders and psychopathology; behavior genetics of PDs.

https://hhs.purdue.edu/directory/douglas-samuel/

https://hhs.purdue.edu/graduate-programs/clinical-psychological-sciences/

Dimensional models of personality pathology and how they are applied in clinical settings. Content relevant to Overcontrolled behavior and excessive conscientiousness (e.g., workaholism, perfectionism, Obsessive Compulsive PD, etc).

https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/psychology/people/mbornovalova.aspx

https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/psychology/

https://www.fdu.edu/program/phd-clinical-psychology/

Role of trauma and attachment in PD development; Idiographic assessment of young adult self-harm; Integrating dialectical-behavioral and psychodynamic treatments of PDs; Chronic pain in BPD

https://deshonglab.wixsite.com/deshong-lab

https://www.psychology.msstate.edu/graduate/clinical-psychology/

We focus on the conceptualization of personality traits and personality disorders in relation to maladaptive behaviors (e.g., self-harm, suicide risk, substance misuse, disordered eating)

https://www.american.edu/cas/psychology/interpersonal/

https://www.american.edu/cas/psychology/clinical/

Research focuses on the etiology and effects of interpersonal dysfunction, emotion regulation difficulties, and identity disturbance particularly among adults or emerging adults with borderline personality disorder. He also trains students in dialectical behavior therapy and statistical methods in psychology.

https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/psychology/areas-of-specialization/clinical-psychology/

Current research focuses on identifying ways to optimize, expedite, and broaden access to borderline personality disorder (BPD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments on their own and as they co-occur using dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and couple therapy methods. In the interest of optimizing and expediting BPD and PTSD treatments, Dr. Fitzpatrick has become particularly focused on harnessing the power of relationships through the development and study of conjoint or dyadic interventions. In the interest of broading access to BPD and PTSD interventions, she has become interested in developing and studying online, remote-delivered, and brief interventions.

https://www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/clae/psychology/faculty/steven-huprich

levels of personality functioning, diagnostic classification, higher level personality pathology, narcissism and depression

https://tips.as.uky.edu/people

https://psychology.as.uky.edu/info-clinical-applicants

Development of interventions that directly target personality domains; creating a potent, parsimonious, personalizable treatment system based on the five-factor model personality domains.

PhD in Clinical or Quantitative Psychology

https://psychology.missouri.edu/people/lane

https://psychology.missouri.edu/clinical-psychology

emotion regulation processes as they relate to interpersonal and substance use outcomes in borderline personality, narcissistic personality, post traumatic stress, depressive, and anxiety disorders

https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/people/auliaszek/contact/

https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/psych/clinical-psychology-prospective-students

Emotion dysregulation and stigma in borderline personality disorder; identity disturbance; personality functioning; higher-order, transdiagnostic models of personality pathology

PhD in Clinical Psychology, also Masters in Clinical Research Methods

https://www.fordham.edu/academics/departments/psychology/graduate-program/master-of-science-in-clinical-research-methods/

how to define/diagnose borderline PD, stability & change (over short & long spans) in borderline PD, borderline PD and self-injurious thoughts & behaviors

https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/psychology/graduate/clinical-psychology/index.php

Overlap in self-damaging behaviors (SDB), including nonsuicidal self-injury, disordered eating, and risky substance use. Developmental trajectories of SDB.

https://psychology.uga.edu/directory/people/josh-miller

https://psychology.uga.edu/clinical-doctoral-program

My research focuses on diagnostic models of personality disorder, with a focus on trait-based examinations like that found in the DSM-5 Alternative Model. I also have a specific focus in the study of psychopathy and narcissism. My lab is particularly interested in open science practices and related reforms aimed at building a more robust, replicable, and open science.

https://hhs.purdue.edu/directory/donald-lynam/

https://hhs.purdue.edu/graduate-programs/clinical-psychological-sciences/

I do work on impulsigenic traits, psychopathy in both youth and adults, and using general models of personality to conceptualize complex personality constructs (e.g., psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc.).

https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/about/people/carla-sharp/

https://www.uh.edu/class/psychology/clinical-psych/

Developmental aspects of personality disorder; personality disorder classification, diagnosis and assessment; social cognition/mentalizing as cause, correlate and mechanism of change in PD treatment

https://stephaniesweatt.wixsite.com/okstateppl

https://psychology.okstate.edu/academic-programs/graduate-programs/clinical-psychology-program

Personality pathology; general personality; clinical utility; emotional and behavioral dysregulation (binge eating, nssi, substance misuse)

https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/Departments/Psychology/Graduate/ClinicalPsych

https://www.uwyo.edu/psychology/faculty/stanton.html

https://www.uwyo.edu/psychology/doctoral-programs/clinical/index.html

mood and personality; personality and clinical assessment; transdiagnostic and dimensional models

http://psychology.pitt.edu/people/colin-e-vize-phd

http://psychology.pitt.edu/graduate/graduate-admission-requirements/how-apply

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y8acmQ4AAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/psychology/welcome

Social neuroscience, assessment, and treatment of Personality Disorders; Transference focused psychotherapy

https://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/program-areas/clinical-adult-and-child/

My interest are in the etiology, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders, especially borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. I am interested in the alternative model, attachment and mentalizing, and transference-focused psychotherapy.

http://www.personalityprocesses.com/2024-applicants

https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/program-areas/clinical-science/clinical-science-admissions.html

Narcissism, link between personality and psychopathology, ambulatory assessment (EMA, passive sensing)

https://psychology.uoregon.edu/profile/crowell

https://psychology.uoregon.edu/

https://mapplab.wixsite.com/mapplab/lab-members

https://artsandsciences.csuohio.edu/psychology/clinicalpsychology

At the Multimethod Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology Lab at Cleveland State University, we are passionate about the intersection of personality and psychopathology in children, adolescents, and young adults. Led by Dr. Kathleen Reardon, our lab focuses on conduct problems, aggression, and personality pathology from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

https://eedp.wustl.edu/about/people-page/

https://psych.wustl.edu/graduate-program

My program of research focuses on the phenomenology, clinical characteristics and longitudinal course of ‘overcontrol,’ a dimensional personality characteristic or personality type, from early childhood through adolescence and adulthood. I aim to understand the adaptive and maladaptive etiology of overcontrol (and the development of personality, generally speaking) in relation to neural, behavioral, and environmental interactions and onset and progression of psychopathology. Maladaptive presentations of overcontrol most commonly occur in anxiety/depression, anorexia nervosa, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. I also study the mechanistic targeting of overcontrol in Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) a across youth and adult populations.

I also have ongoing projects examining the developmental precursors, using observational, clinical and neural markers of borderline personality disorder spanning from preschool through young adulthood.

**I am recruiting for a postdoctoral fellow in 2024 to work on either line of work (Development of overcontrol OR Development of BPD) but not a PhD graduate student.**

Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=7hwrbnsAAAAJ&hl=en

https://recherche.umontreal.ca/nos-chercheurs/repertoire-des-professeurs/chercheur/is/in18927/

I have a particular focus on the area of innovative therapeutic approaches that can augment specialized psychotherapy for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Our current efforts encompass epidemiological databases, neuromodulation, cognitive remediation, and lifestyle medicine.

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/splat-lab/

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/splat-lab/

Increasingly, my research and that of the lab has been focused on understanding how different factors related to elevations in the prevalence of borderline personality disorder diagnosis among LGBTQ+ populations. Relatedly, I am interested in exploring different sociocontextual factors that metaphorically queer the experience, assessment, and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and psychopathology dimensions. While I am focusing on borderline personality disorder and associated factors currently, I do not consider myself a BPD researcher per se. I believe that the BPD diagnosis is a good illustration of a lot of the concepts that I think are pertinent to understanding LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing.

https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty/aidangcw.html

https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/program-areas/clinical-science/clinical-science-admissions.html

https://riskybehaviors.weebly.com/

https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/psychology-clinical.php

I study externalizing behaviors in adolescents and young adults. We look a lot at emotion dysregulation and antisocial features, so generally borderline and antisocial PDs (or subthreshold manifestations). I use the PAI-A a lot.

https://psychology.unt.edu/people/holly-levin-aspenson

https://psychology.unt.edu/graduate-programs/clinical-psychology

Hierarchical structural models of psychopathology, assessment/psychometrics, scale development, and utilizing all of the above to improve research and clinical practice

https://psupersonalitylab.weebly.com/

https://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/program-areas/clinical-adult-and-child/

Pathological Narcissism/NPD; Dimensional approaches to PD, Interpersonal processes in PD, Assessment of PD.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

https://patternslab.weebly.com/

https://catalog.wcupa.edu/graduate/sciences-mathematics/psychology/#programstext

The PATTERNS lab investigates how traits (e.g. general personality dysfunction, narcissism, dependency) can impact human functioning in emotional and social domains experienced in daily life. Informed through interpersonal theory, and with use of advanced longitudinal models, the PATTERNS lab also explores how longitudinal data can enhance psychological assessment, diagnosis (particularly the DSM-5 Alternative Personality Disorder model), and personalized interventions.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_lokKI8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://www.shsu.edu/academics/psychology-and-philosophy/psychology/doctoral-program/

Environmental/interpersonal factors in the etiology and development of BPD (e.g., attachment, social cognition, parental mental health); adolescents/youth/young people (ages 10-25); qualitative and mixed methods; assessment