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Rachel Liebman

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Adjunct ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Toronto

Rachel Liebman

Adjunct Professor

Department of Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

1,173

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Borderline Personality Disorder Clinical Trial Couple Therapy Emotion Dysregulation Intimate Relationship Self-Harm Significant Other Suicide

Latest papers

A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder.
Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2026 · senior author
Managing Post traumatic Stress Disorder in Eating Disorder Treatment.
The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2026 · senior author
Psychological Treatment of Co‐Occurring Trauma History, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes
European Eating Disorders Review · 2025 · first author

All 58 publications

58 publications.

A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder.

Fitzpatrick S, Varma S, Traynor J, Earle EA, Vanstone R, Fulham L, Goenka K, Blumberg MJ, Wyatt L, Siegel AN, Di Bartolomeo AA, Norouzian N, Burdo J, Ennis N, Carney A, Luxor O, Sankar R, Monson C, Liebman R

Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2025.2491478 PMID: 40233277

Managing Post traumatic Stress Disorder in Eating Disorder Treatment.

Trottier K, MacDonald DE, Liebman R

The Psychiatric clinics of North America2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2025.08.007 PMID: 41708270

Psychological Treatment of Co‐Occurring Trauma History, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes

Rachel E. Liebman, Kristen M. Hernandez, Jennifer Ip, Jessica Burdo, Kathryn Trottier

European Eating Disorders Review20255 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/erv.3195 PMID: 40211009

Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapies with a trauma focus for posttraumatic stress disorder: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Simonne Lesley Wright, Eirini Karyotaki, Marit Sijbrandij, Pim Cuijpers, Jonathan I. Bisson, Davide Papola, Anke Boukje Witteveen, Sudie E. Back, Dana Bichescu-Burian, Liuva Capezzani, Marylène Cloître, Grant James Devilly, Thomas R. Elbert, Marcelo F. Mello, Julián D. Ford, Damion J. Grasso, Richard Gray, Moira M. Haller, Nigel C. Hunt, Rolf J. Kleber, Julia M. König, Claire Kullack, Jonathan D. E. Laugharne, Rachel E. Liebman, Christopher William Lee, Jeannette C. G. Lely, John C. Markowitz, Candice M. Monson, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Sonya B. Norman, et al. (43 authors)

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000942 PMID: 40388148

Which one impacts the other?: The relationship between change in borderline personality disorder severity and change in posttraumatic stress disorder severity among individuals in dialectical behavior therapy.

Kuo JR, Christensen KE, Liebman R, Fitzpatrick S, Chapman A, McMain S

Behaviour research and therapy20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104747 PMID: 40294584

Communication Between Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Partners.

Lauzon C, Di Bartolomeo AA, Varma S, Boritz T, Liebman R, Monson C, Fitzpatrick S

Personality and mental health2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/pmh.70013 PMID: 39980084

Clinical characteristics, treatment course and outcome of adults treated for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) at a tertiary care eating disorders program.

MacDonald DE, Liebman R, Trottier K

Journal of eating disorders202438 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-00973-6 PMID: 38263130

Sources of Social Support and Trauma Recovery: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations from a Recently Trauma-Exposed Community Sample

Lauren M. Sippel, Rachel E. Liebman, Sarah Katharina Schäfer, Naomi Ennis, Alexandra C. Mattern, David Charles Rozek, Candice M. Monson

Behavioral Sciences202418 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/bs14040284 PMID: 38667080

Predictors of study dropout in cognitive-behavioural therapy with a trauma focus for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Wright S, Karyotaki E, Cuijpers P, Bisson J, Papola D, Witteveen AB, Back SE, Bichescu-Burian D, Capezzani L, Cloitre M, Devilly GJ, Elbert T, Mello M, Ford JD, Grasso D, Gamito P, Gray R, Haller M, Hunt N, Kleber RJ, König J, Kullack C, Laugharne J, Liebman R, Lee CW, Lely J, Markowitz JC, Monson C, Nijdam MJ, Norman SB, Olff M, Orang TM, Ostacoli L, Paunovic N, Petkova E, Resick P, Rosner R, Schauer M, Schmitz JM, Schnyder U, Smith BN, Vujanovic AA, Zang Y, Duran ÉP, Neto FL, Seedat S, Sijbrandij M

BMJ mental health202413 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301159 PMID: 39537555

A case series of sage: a new couple-based intervention for borderline personality disorder.

Fitzpatrick S, Varma S, Chafe D, Norouzian N, Traynor J, Goss S, Earle E, Di Bartolomeo A, Siegel A, Fulham L, Monson CM, Liebman RE

Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation20244 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40479-023-00244-x PMID: 38212804

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Rachel Liebman

Research

Latest papers

A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder.

Managing Post traumatic Stress Disorder in Eating Disorder Treatment.

Psychological Treatment of Co‐Occurring Trauma History, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes

Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapies with a trauma focus for posttraumatic stress disorder: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Which one impacts the other?: The relationship between change in borderline personality disorder severity and change in posttraumatic stress disorder severity among individuals in dialectical behavior therapy.

Communication Between Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Partners.

Clinical characteristics, treatment course and outcome of adults treated for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) at a tertiary care eating disorders program.

Sources of Social Support and Trauma Recovery: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations from a Recently Trauma-Exposed Community Sample

Predictors of study dropout in cognitive-behavioural therapy with a trauma focus for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

A case series of sage: a new couple-based intervention for borderline personality disorder.

Frequent collaborators

Candice Monson

Skye Fitzpatrick

Anne Wagner

Kathryn Trottier

Sarah Mccomb

Tae Hart

Kelly McShane

Naomi Koerner

Nassim Tabri

Lynn Courey

Susan Abbey

Alexander Chapman

Christina Raimondi

Shelley McMain