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Matthew Robinson, PhD (he/him/his)

Program Director
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

Matthew A. Robinson, PhD is Director of the Trauma Continuum at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, which provides partial hospital and outpatient treatment for trauma and dissociative disorders including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). He also serves as Director of Adult and Geriatric Ambulatory services at McLean Hospital including multiple clinics with specialized multidisciplinary teams treating a range of mental health problems including mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, personality disorders, and more. He is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and provides clinical supervision and didactic training as part of the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program.

Dr. Robinson is a co-investigator with the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program (DDTRP) and collaborates on federally funded studies exploring the phenomenology, neurobiology, and treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders including Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). His current research includes exploring the effectiveness and acceptability of evidence-based treatments for PTSD, new approaches to treatment of ICD-11 Complex PTSD, and expanding treatment options and availability for DID.

Dr. Robinson provides professional training and is engaged in public outreach efforts aimed at understanding and destigmatizing DID. He helped develop and launch the Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), a group of individuals with DID lived experience who collaborate with the Trauma Continuum and DDTRP on program development and research initiatives. He recently co-authored a manuscript with LEAP, currently in press, outlining the importance of lived experience voice in ongoing efforts to understand and provide effective treatment for DID.

Dr. Robinson earned his doctorate in counseling psychology from Teachers College Columbia University and completed pre- and post-doctoral training at the Manhattan and Boston VA Hospital's respectively.

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