The named experts behind our content. Every subject area on Psychology.com is overseen by a credentialed member of our Editorial Board, so you always know who is responsible for what you read.
Our Editorial Board exists for one reason: so that the mental health information you find here can be trusted. People often arrive at Psychology.com during a hard moment, trying to make sense of what they or someone they love is going through. That deserves content that is accurate, current, and genuinely human, and it deserves a real person, with real credentials, standing behind it.
The board is made up of credentialed experts, including PhDs, PsyDs, MDs, and licensed clinicians. These are the named reviewers responsible for our content. Each subject area is assigned to a board member who is the named reviewer for that area and who oversees it on an ongoing basis, reading the pages, flagging corrections, and adding clinical nuance over time. Their name, credentials, and the scope of their role are public on every profile.
We are honest about our size. The board is small today and growing deliberately. We would rather have a handful of experts who genuinely own their sections than a long list of names lending their credentials to pages they have never read. Below you can see who our current members are, exactly how our content is made, how we vet the people who review it, and how much of the site their oversight now covers.
How our content is reviewed
Every page moves through the same process before it goes live and stays under review after it publishes. This is a short version. For the full detail, read our editorial process.
Written to documented standards
Each subject area has a written editorial standard that defines how a topic should be covered: what to include, which claims need a citation, the tone to use, and the lines we will not cross. Our writers work in plain language that respects the reader.
Checked for accuracy against approved sources
Before a page is published, an automated accuracy check compares its factual claims against an approved source list of peer-reviewed research, government health data, and professional bodies. Anything that cannot be matched to an approved source is flagged for a human to resolve.
Reviewed and overseen by a credentialed board member
A credentialed Editorial Board member is the named reviewer responsible for the section. They read the pages, flag corrections, add clinical nuance, and keep the content current over time. Where an expert has personally reviewed a specific page, we mark it "Reviewed" with the date, and we will not claim a personal review that did not happen.
What board members do, and how we vet them
A seat on the board is not honorary. Each member is the accountable reviewer for a defined subject area matched to their training and licensure, not a name attached to the whole site. Before anyone joins, we confirm the essentials.
Verified credentials and licensure. We confirm degrees, board certifications, and active professional licensure before a member is published, and we display those credentials openly on each profile.
Expertise matched to the section. Members review only the areas that fit their clinical and academic background. A trauma specialist owns trauma content; we do not stretch a reviewer beyond their field.
Named and accountable. Every reviewer is public, with a full profile listing who they are, what they oversee, and the specific pages they have reviewed. Accountability only works when it has a name attached.
Ongoing, not one-time. Board members stay with their section, revisiting pages as the evidence and best practice change rather than signing off once and moving on.
Board members
The credentialed experts responsible for our content today. Each profile lists their background and the exact pages they oversee.
Michael Callans, MSW
Content Reviewer and Founding Advisor
Master of Social Work (MSW) · Content Reviewer & Founding Advisor
Licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist, and certified EMDR provider with more than 30 years of clinical experience in trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
Digital mental health entrepreneur and AI therapy expert. Founder of PositivePsychology.com, co-founder of Quenza, and the editorial lead behind Psychology.com’s AI therapy coverage.
Expert oversight reaches across the site rather than sitting on a single "about" page. Our board members are the named reviewers for hundreds of pages spanning our tests, tools, guides, concepts, careers, degrees, and AI therapy sections. As the board grows, more sections move from our founding reviewer to a dedicated specialist.
490+Pages under expert review
7Sections covered
200+Interactive tools
70+Psychological tests
1995Trusted since
Counts reflect the tests, tools, guides, concepts, careers, degrees, and AI therapy pages currently assigned to a named reviewer. We would rather report a number we can stand behind than inflate one.
Our sourcing and standards
Claims about mental health should rest on solid ground. Our approved source list is built from three kinds of evidence, and a factual claim does not ship until it can be tied to one of them.
Peer-reviewed research. Studies and reviews published in reputable scientific and medical journals.
Government and public health data. Authorities such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the CDC, and other .gov health sources.
Professional bodies. Organizations like the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, plus established clinical references such as the Mayo Clinic and the NHS.
Corrections. We get things wrong sometimes, and when we do we fix them quickly and openly. If you spot an error, email hello@psychology.com and tell us what looks off. We review every message, correct confirmed errors, update the page, and note when a change is significant.
Join our Editorial Board. We are actively expanding the board and welcome licensed clinicians, PhDs, PsyDs, and MDs who want to own a subject area and put their name behind content that helps people. If that is you, we would love to talk.
A note on scope. Our content is reviewed for accuracy and is for education only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and reading it does not create a provider relationship. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US) any time, or contact your local emergency services.
