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Dr. Cortney S. Warren is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct
Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She earned her bachelor’s
degree from Macalester College in 2000 and her PhD in clinical psychology from Texas A&M
University in 2006 after completing her clinical internship at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical
School.
Dr. Warren is an expert on addictions, self-deception, eating pathology, and the practice of
psychotherapy from a cross-cultural perspective. With almost 50 peer-reviewed journal articles,
7 book chapters, two books, and 75 professional presentations, Cortney’s work appears in some
the field’s top journals, including the International Journal of Eating Disorders, Appetite, and
Obesity. Cortney has won some of the most prestigious awards in her field, including the 2015
Early Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association Minority
Fellowship Program; the 2011 Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished
Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology; and the 2010 Samuel M. Turner Early Career
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology.
In addition to publishing in academic circles, Dr. Warren is passionate about bringing
theoretically grounded, empirically supported psychological research to the general public. Dr.
Warren works as a research consultant, keynote speaker, and writes a blog for Psychology
Today. In her TEDx talk Honest Liars and its associated book Lies We Tell Ourselves: The
Psychology of Self-Deception, Dr. Warren argues that self-deception is our biggest obstacle to
personal growth. Her latest work is a self-help book that explores romantic love and breakups
through an addictive lens called, Letting Go of Your Ex: CBT Skills to Heal the Pain of a
Breakup and Overcome Love Addiction (2023). Dr. Warren is licensed in Nevada and California.
For more information, visit https://DrCortney.com.
