Carla Sharp, Ph.D.

Advisor

Dr. Carla Sharp is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Houston and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, and director of the Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) clinic and the Developmental Psychopathology Lab. Her work has significantly advanced the scientific understanding of the phenomenology, causes, correlates and treatment of personality pathology across the lifespan, with a specific focus on mentalizing as cause, correlate and mechanism of change. She has published over 380 peer reviewed publications, 50 book chapters and 8 books, including Mentalizing in Psychotherapy. Her research has been continuously funded by the NIH for over a decade. She is the recipient of the 2016 Mid-Career Award, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, and the 2018 Award for Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders from the Personality Disorders Institute and Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center, New York, the Kernberg Award, for foundational contribution to the study of personality pathology in youth in 2024, and she is listed as top 2% of scientists worldwide. She serves as editor or co-editor on multiple journals. She served on the American Psychiatry Association workgroup for updating the APA guidelines for BPD and a workgroup for evaluation of nosological changes for personality disorder. She is a licensed psychologist and continues to be clinically active.