2026 Robert L. Leahy: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	39	8363	7813	4454	4056	144	18075

Overview

Robert L. Leahy is affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology and related subfields.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Emotions and Moral Behavior
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Educational and Psychological Assessments
Personality Traits and Psychology
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

They have contributed extensively to the fields of clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and education, with a total of 38 publications in psychology-related research.

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Robert L. Leahy, including:

David A. Clark
David J. A. Dozois
Mohammad Khaleghi
Elias Akbari
Nematollah Sanaee Nasab

Their research has been published in multiple scholarly venues, such as:

Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
Motivation and Emotion

Some of the recent papers by Robert L. Leahy include:

"Emotional Schema Therapy," 2021, Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
"Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Envy," 2020, Cognitive Therapy and Research
"Emotional Schemas," 2022, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
"Emotional Schemas Contribute to Suicide Behavior and Self-Harm: Toward Finding Suicidal Emotional Schemas (SESs)," 2021, International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
"Patterns of emotional schema endorsement and personality disorder symptoms among outpatient psychotherapy clients," 2022, Motivation and Emotion

In addition to articles, Robert L. Leahy has published a book titled Therapie volgens het emotieschemamodel in 2020, under the publisher Bohn Stafleu van Loghum.

Best Publications

The construction of the self: A developmental perspective.

Susan Harter

6499
Citations
Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: A Practice Manual and Conceptual Guide

Adrian Wells;Robert L. Leahy

2000
Citations
The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcome Assessment

Unknown

1643
Citations
A model of emotional schemas

Robert L. Leahy;Robert L. Leahy

769
Citations
Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner's Guide

Robert L. Leahy

540
Citations
Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy

Robert L. Leahy

532
Citations
Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Robert L. Leahy;Stephen J. F. Holland;Lata K. McGinn

511
Citations
The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies

Paul Gilbert;Robert L. Leahy

398
Citations
Emotion Regulation in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide

Robert L. Leahy;Dennis D. Tirch;Lisa A. Napolitano

384
Citations
Emotional Schema Therapy

Robert Leahy

342
Citations
Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Therapy Approach

Cory F. Newman;Robert L. Leahy;Aaron T. Beck;Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington

333
Citations
Emotional Schema Therapy: A Meta-experiential Model

Robert L Leahy

265
Citations
The Development of the Conception of Economic Inequality. I. Descriptions and Comparisons of Rich and Poor People.

Robert L. Leahy

224
Citations
The Development of the self

Robert L. Leahy

222
Citations
The Therapeutic Relationship in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Robert L. Leahy

204
Citations
Cognitive Therapy: Basic Principles and Applications

Robert L. Leahy

169
Citations
Development of the Conception of Economic Inequality: II. Explanations, Justifications, and Concepts of Social Mobility and Change

Robert L. Leahy

167
Citations
Emotional Schemas and Resistance to Change in Anxiety Disorders.

Robert L. Leahy

164
Citations
Roadblocks in cognitive-behavioral therapy : transforming challenges into opportunities for change

Robert L. Leahy

158
Citations
Clinical Advances in Cognitive Psychotherapy: Theory and Application

Robert L. Leahy;E. Thomas Dowd

143
Citations
Parental practices and the development of moral judgment and self-image disparity during adolescence.

Robert L. Leahy

128
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron T. Beck University of Pennsylvania

Adrian Wells University of Manchester

David A. Clark University of New Brunswick

Paul Gilbert University of Derby

Keith S. Dobson University of Calgary

Nikolaos Kazantzis Monash University

Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto

Sheri L. Johnson University of California, Berkeley

Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg

Edward Zigler Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Robert L. Leahy Google Scholar page

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