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Jacqueline Sperling, PhD

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Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in implementing evidence-based treatments, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and in working with youth who present with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In addition, she is experienced in providing parents with guidance on how to manage children with internalizing and externalizing behavior issues. Dr. Sperling helped develop the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP), an intensive group-based outpatient program for children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 with anxiety disorders and OCD at McLean Hospital. Currently, she is the director of training and research at MAMP. She also is an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Extension School and has a private practice in Cambridge, MA.

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How to foster independence in children

Jacqueline Sperling, PhD

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Child helping himself to breakfast

If you’re a parent, part of your role is to prepare your children for adult life by teaching and otherwise encouraging independence. But how does one start to do this?

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Helping a child with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Jacqueline Sperling, PhD

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If a child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, the condition affects everyone else in the family. Understanding OCD and learning helpful strategies to support the child can ease distress all around.

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