Emily Wharton, PsyD
Dr. Emily Wharton is a Clinical Psychologist providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples in her private practice, and a Clinical Instructor at the Cognitive Behavior Institute, where she teaches courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Wharton has also served in roles of Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and licensed clinical psychologist in the Palo Alto VA. She has provided supervision and training for VA and Stanford psychiatry residents, medical students, and psychology trainees in ACT, DBT, and MI. Dr. Wharton trained at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, San Francisco VA, UCSF, and Palo Alto VA. Dr. Wharton has also served as the Member-At-Large Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Wharton has given lectures and trainings for the Palo Alto VA, Stanford University, and the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science. Dr. Wharton has published papers and book chapters on ACT for PTSD, ACT for moral injury, mindfulness practices for anxiety disorders, and group trauma-focused CBT for parents of preterm infants.
Current Course Offerings
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (June 2025)
DBT for PTSD (May 2025)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (March 2025)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders (March 2025)
Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (January 2025)
DBT Intensive Part 5: Using DBT tools in Individual Therapy
DBT Intensive Part 4: Mindfulness, Conceptualization, and Diverse DBT Applications
DBT Intensive Part 3: Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness
DBT Intensive Part 2: Distress Tolerance and Safety Planning
DBT Intensive Part 1: Foundation, Model, and Culturally Responsive DBT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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