Kimberly S. Young, Ph.D.

Dr. Kimberly Young is a licensed psychologist and an internationally known expert on Internet addiction and online behavior. She founded the Center for Internet Addiction in 1995 and travels nationally conducting seminars on the impact of the Internet. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and four books on Internet addiction including Caught in the Net, the first book to address Internet addiction, translated in six languages, Tangled in the Web, Breaking Free of the Web: Catholics and Internet addiction, and Internet addiction: A Handbook and Guide for Evaluation and Treatment. She is a professor at St. Bonaventure University and her work has been widely featured in the media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, CNN, CBS News, Fox News, Good Morning America, and ABC’s World News Tonight. She has received the Psychology in the Media Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and she received the Alumni Ambassador Award for Outstanding Achievement from Indiana University at Pennsylvania. She serves as an expert witness regarding her research and is a topic expert for Addicted.com and Goodtherapy.org.