Lab Director
Clarissa Ong, Ph.D.
Dr. Ong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical/Counseling Psychology at Utah State University, predoctoral clinical internship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and postdoctoral training at Boston University and CBTeam.
Her research focuses on developing, evaluating, and disseminating effective and culturally responsive interventions guided by behavioral and process-based principles. She has co-written two books: a transdiagnostic ACT manual, ACT in Steps, and a self-help book for perfectionism, The Anxious Perfectionist).
Outside work, she likes rock climbing, reading cozy mysteries, and watching sports documentaries.
If you’re interested in working with Dr. Ong as a therapy client, please see her profile at Juniper Mental Health.
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