Brinkley Sharpe

Blurred image of the arch used as background for stylistic purposes.
Graduate Student, Clinical Program

Brinkley received her MS in Psychology from the University of Georgia in 2022. Her doctoral research focuses on perceptions of and self-identification with general and maladaptive personality traits, including endorsement of a "cardinal" or dominant trait. Brinkley is an enthusiastic advocate of open science approaches as forces for transparency, collaboration, inclusion, and self-correction in science. Brinkley's primary clinical interests are the treatment of trauma-related pathology, psychodiagnostic assessment and case formulation, and working with LGBTQ+ clients. Brinkley likes cats, board games, jigsaw puzzles, pinball, and yoga.

Education:

B.A., Psychology, University of Virginia, 2013

M.S., Psychology, University of Georgia, 2022

Research Interests:

Broadly, I study antagonism, impulsivity, and other externalizing psychopathology. I am additionally interested the structure of psychopathology, ambulatory assessment methods, and dynamic models of personality.