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 do do research on a given topic of particular interest to you?

To help prospective students answer these questions, members of the HAMMER Lab curate the Counseling Psychology Faculty Research Interests List (list to be updated in late September 2026 to new improved format!)

Click on this screenshot to learn more about the 600+ counseling psychology faculty members featured in the List.

This List is updated each September using GenAI – which is imperfect and can make mistakes – to provide information regarding:

  • The names, professional titles, research interests, and research programs of faculty members associated with APA-accredited counseling psychology doctoral (PhD and PsyD) programs
  • Whether a faculty member will be reviewing doctoral program applications for admission to their research team/lab
  • Whether a faculty member has a publicly stated preference regarding prospective students emailing them before applying (some like it, some don’t like it, some don’t care, some don’t specify this on the program website)

If you download a copy of the list to your computer, you can use columns N and beyond to sort the List, allowing you to see all the faculty who study a given topic that is of interest to you. For example, if you sort the list using column O, you can see the 60 faculty member who study “help seeking, stigma, treatment access, etc.” This may help you identify which faculty members, in which programs, study the things you may have a research or applied interest in. In some cases, this may help you identify programs that you may want to consider applying to.

Here’s a 2-minute List tutorial video (note: this video is outdated, but a new one is coming in late September 2026) on how to use the List effectively.

For more information about how we went about creating this List, or to give feedback about this resource, or request corrections, please visit the List Methodology page (Methodology description to be updated in late September 2026).