Lata K. McGinn

Dr. Lata K. McGinn is a licensed clinical psychologist and a tenured Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Clinical Program and of the CBT Training Program at Yeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She is also the Co-founder of Cognitive Behavioral Consultants (CBC), a private evidence-based clinical and training center established in 2004, which advances a mission to disseminate high-fidelity, evidence-based mental health treatments and training.

Dr. McGinn’s research and clinical expertise is in the cognitive and behavioral vulnerability and therapies for the prevention and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD. She has developed a unified vulnerability model and guided exposure-based CBT prevention interventions such as the Mind-Action-Mood program for anxiety, depression, and related disorders to build emotional resilience and psychological health. Dr. McGinn teaches and supervises doctoral and postdoctoral trainees, conducts and presents her research, authors books and articles, treats adults and adolescents in her practice, gives talks and provides consultation throughout the world to professionals, consumers, schools, agencies, and companies. She has delivered over 360 presentations worldwide, including peer reviewed conference presentations, invited keynotes, lectures, master clinician seminars, and workshops and has authored or co-authored over 80 publications, including peer reviewed journal articles, chapters, and her two co-authored books, “Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” and “Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders,” which has been translated into 14 languages and used internationally by clinicians and trainees as texts in graduate departments of clinical psychology. Dr. McGinn serves on the editorial board and advisory board of several peer reviewed journals and previously served as the associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Dr. McGinn is the current President of the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (WCCBT). She is also the Co-Founder of the Access Psychology Foundation and currently serves on its board. She is a past president of the International Association of CBT (IACBT, a founding fellow, certified Diplomate and Consultant-Trainer, and a Past-President of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (ACBT), and is a founding fellow of the New York CBT (NYC-CBT) association. She also played a pivotal role in guiding the establishment of the Indian Association of CBT (IACBT) and continues to serve as its honorary president. She also previously served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and in various roles in its governance.

In recognition of her achievements in the field, Dr. McGinn has earned the title of Beck Scholar by the Beck Institute, and was appointed a Fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (ABCT). She received a Certificate of Appreciation by ABCT in recognition of her professional contributions on trauma prevention interventions in her role on a Trauma Taskforce following September 11, 2001. Dr. McGinn was awarded ABCT’s Outstanding Service to CBT award in 2020 and was designated as a Global Thought Leader in 2022. In November 2025, Dr. McGinn was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award by the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (ABCT) for outstanding and enduring global impact in pioneering and advancing scientific research, training, clinical practice, access to evidence‑based mental health care, and leadership in local, regional, and global dissemination and mental‑health capacity building.