Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, was recently named the Katz Family Professor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis. Established through private philanthropy, the Professorship will enhance the University’s ability to recruit and retain distinguished faculty in psychiatry and behavioral health, with particular emphasis in the area of cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis.

Dr. Kopelovich is a forensically-trained licensed clinical psychologist who joined our faculty in 2015 following a postdoctoral fellowship in Serious Mental Illness at Emory University. Her research interests straddle multiple areas of psychology, public policy, and the law, with a broad focus on enhancing the evidence base for effective recovery-oriented treatments of adults with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) in psycholegal settings. Dr. Kopelovich’s clinical specialty is in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) for individuals with persistent and medication-resistant symptoms. She has conducted trainings for psychiatry residents and psychology trainees to enhance the accessibility of this treatment in both mainstream and forensic community and residential settings.

We are tremendously grateful to our donors who make it possible for us to support the amazing work of faculty such as Dr. Kopelovich and who are helping us create a state-of-the-art First Episode Psychosis Program.