Jacqueline Sperling, PhD

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.