Bio

Josephine S. Au, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
(she/her/hers)

Assistant Clinical Professor/Associate Director of Clinical Training
Counseling Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology
Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

Psychologist/Lecturer
Department of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Research Associate
Nock Lab, Psychology Department
Harvard University

Research Affiliate
CAUSALab, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Consultant/Trainer
CAMS-care, LLC

Welcome to my page.

I am a clinical psychologist and suicidologist who specializes in the study and treatment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, non-suicidal self-injury, borderline personality disorder, and related clinical presentations.

My clinical approach integrates trauma-informed and humanistic principles with evidence-based strategies, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), and the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS). I primarily work with adolescents and young adults, as well as their family members, offering care that is grounded in both compassion and clinical rigor.

Currently a full-time clinical faculty member, I remain actively involved in research and maintain collaborative partnerships with several research labs. In addition to my academic endeavors, I run a small private practice and provide clinical training, consultation, and supervision to mental health professionals and organizations.

Please note that I do not take doctoral students nor do I hire research assistants.

For inquiries, please contact me at drjosephinesau@gmail.com.

Training

I earned my B.A. (Honors) in Psychology with High Distinction from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and completed my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at The Catholic University of America. I completed my predoctoral internship at Emory University School of Medicine, followed by a clinical postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. I then completed a T32 research fellowship at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. Throughout my training, I had the privilege of working closely with several leaders in the field of suicidology, including Dr. David A. Jobes, developer of CAMS; Dr. Nadine Kaslow, former president of the American Psychological Association; Dr. Michael Hollander, a pioneer in adolescent DBT and borderline personality disorder; and Drs. Matthew Nock and Miguel Hernán, world-renowned experts in suicide research and causal inference methodology, respectively.

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