Have you ever wondered what topics counseling psychologists do research on? 

Are you curious which counseling psychology faculty are reviewing applications, interviewing, and accepting students for admission to their research lab/team for next fall?

Should you email prospective faculty mentors before you submit an application to their doctoral program?

Have you ever wanted to see a centralized list of counseling psychology faculty members that do research on topics of interest to you?

To help prospective doctoral program applicants, members of the HAMMER Lab curate the Counseling Psychology Faculty Research Interests List (last updated September 2026).

Click on this screenshot to learn more about the 550+ counseling psychology faculty members from 76 APA-accredited doctoral programs featured in the List.

The List is updated each September using current university sources and GenAI — which is imperfect and can make mistakes — to provide information regarding:

  • The names, professional titles, current research interests, and broader research programs of faculty members associated with counseling psychology doctoral (PhD and PsyD) programs in the List’s scope.
  • Whether a faculty member will be reviewing doctoral program applications for Fall 2027 admission to their research team/lab, when the program uses an apprentice-style admissions model.
  • Whether a faculty member has a publicly stated preference regarding prospective students emailing them before applying (for example, whether emailing is encouraged, acceptable, discouraged, or whether no clear preference could be found).

If you download a copy of the List to your computer, you can use columns N through AV to sort or filter the List across 35 research-topic categories, allowing you to see faculty whose current research-interest descriptions fit a topic that interests you. For example, the September 2026 edition identifies 54 faculty whose research-interest descriptions were coded for “help seeking, stigma, treatment access.”

This may help you identify faculty members whose scholarly work overlaps with your professional interests. Research fit is only one part of doctoral program fit, however, and its importance varies across programs. There are many programs, including most PsyD programs, that place more emphasis on other aspects of student-program fit.

Here’s a 4-minute List tutorial video on how to use the List effectively.

For more detail about the List’s scope, inclusion decisions, AI-assisted fields, limitations, and correction-request process, see the List Methodology page.