Dr. Kimberly S. Young has been touted as "the world's leading Cyberpsychologist" by the media.  Dr. Young, a former systems analyst and clinical psychologist, is founder of the Center for On-Line Addiction and serves as the webmaster for Netaddiction.com, the first online educational resource center and clinic to specialize in Internet-related conditions such as problem day trading, online infidelity, deviancy online, and cybersexual addiction.  Dr. Young is a business consultant for executives and EAPs on how to effectively implement the Internet and e-commerce in the workplace through improved supervision, job training, and risk management programs. Dr. Young also travels both domestically and abroad to conduct CE workshops and consultation on the treatment of cyber-related disorders and the development of comprehensive web-based treatment programs (including Email Adjunctive Therapy, Support Group Management, Aftercare Programs, Staff Training, and Supervision) for healthcare organizations.  

Dr. Young has served as an expert witness for both civil and criminal cases regarding her research on online behavior and she recently authored Caught in the Net, the first recovery book for Internet Addiction, already translated in four languages. She is internationally known for her research and is a frequent speaker on how technology impacts human behavior.  Her work has been featured in over 510 newsprint publications including major articles in The Wall Street Journal, USAToday, The New York Times, Newsweek, and Time and she has appeared on numerous national and international radio and television programs including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, Fox News, Good Morning America, and ABC’s World News Tonight.

Dr. Young serves on the editorial board of CyberPsychology and Behavior, is the editor of the CyberHealth E-Newsletter, a columnist for Commitment Magazine, an e-zine for women, and recently served as the National Spokesperson for Reuters International, Inc., regarding their study on Information Addiction Worldwide. Dr. Young is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, and a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Council for Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, and a founding member of the International Society of Mental Health On-line. She has been listed in the Whos Who of American Teachers, the International Whos Who, and the Two Thousand Most Notable Women of 1995.

Dr. Young’s recent work includes:

• How to treat cybersexual addictions.

• The impact of cyberaffairs on couples and how to use marital therapy to save their relationships.

• How human resource managers and EAPs can prevent Internet misuse in the workplace.

• How colleges can prevent Internet abuse among students.

• The influence of Cyberporn on young children and teenagers.

• The development of Internet Safety Programs designed for educators, librarians, and parents to protect children from unwanted advances of cyber-predators and to minimize the risk of inadvertently viewing on-line pornograph.

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