Dr. Jocelyn Sze (she/her) is a licensed psychologist and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for adult populations. She has fully met the EMDR International Association requirement for EMDR training (completion of Part I and II training and consultation).
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Sze provides clinical training in CBT and trauma-informed, evidence-based psychotherapy at UC Berkeley. Her primary research interests include emotion and empathy, mindfulness, and dissemination of basic science into clinical practice, and Dr. Sze has published in leading scientific journals in such areas.
Dr. Sze serves on the board of the trauma nonprofit, Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinical Services, as well as the McCune Foundation, which supports grassroots organizations that empower and mobilize historically excluded populations. She also served a 4-year term on SSCP’s Committee on Science in Practice to help clinicians access findings in basic science to guide their clinical work. In 2021, Dr. Sze founded the Free Needle Phobia Pilot Program, which was a year-long program that provided free CBT exposure therapy for people who want to get vaccinated but struggle with needle phobia.
For a sample of Jocelyn Sze’s research, you can click on the links below:
Meditation and emotional coherence.pdf (published in Emotion)
Empathy, prosocial emotion, and aging.pdf (published in Emotion)
For a sample of Jocelyn Sze’s other media, you can click on the links below:
On Narcissistic Control in Government (published in Huffington Post)
Taking the Pain Out of Vaccinating Children | Opinion (published in Newsweek)
Education
Training
Areas of Expertise
- Anxiety (e.g., panic, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, procrastination and worry, OCD, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Mood (e.g., depression)
- Trauma (e.g., single episode trauma, childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse)
- Sleep (insomnia and nightmares)
Special Populations
- Women’s health (related to pregnancy, postpartum, transition to motherhood, caregiver stress)
- Asian American identity (e.g., intergenerational/cultural conflict, cultural differences in emotional expression, identity development, experiences of racism)
- Professionals in tech/startup world
Additional Background
- Technology-assisted interventions (e.g., telemental health, data tracking/visualization)
- Research publications on mindfulness, emotion, empathy, and aging