Professor of Psychology
Director, Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
Sc.B. Brown University
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Philip.Wong@liu.edu
Description
Dr. Wong’s research explores the implicit emotional and motivational dimensions of personality and psychopathology. He has a variety of clinical interests centered on anxiety and affective disorders. Dr. Wong’s clinical-theoretical orientation combines psychodynamic and cognitive psychology, with an emphasis on contemporary ego-psychology, object relations, and self-psychology. He also has longstanding interests in ethnic minority and East Asian American experiences.
Selected Publications
Bermingham, L., Meehan, K.B., Wong, P.S. & Trub, L. (2021). Attachment anxiety and solitude in the age of smartphones. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 38(4), 311-318.
Nehrig, N. & Wong, P.S. (2020). Primary process. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer.
Nehrig, N. & Wong, P.S. (2020). Secondary process. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer.
Lewis, K.C., Meehan, K.B., Cain, N.M., Wong, P.S., Clemence, A.J., Stevens, J. & Tillman, J.G. (2019). Quality of internalized object representations and suicidality in individuals with anaclitic and introjective personality styles. Journal of Personality Disorders, 33, 435.
Nehrig, N., Ho, S.M., & Wong, P.S. (2019). Understanding the Selfobject Needs Inventory: Its relationship to narcissism, attachment, and childhood maltreatment. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 36(1), 53-63.
Wong, P.S. (2019). Varieties of subjectivity. A review of A Psychodynamic View of Action and Responsibility, by David Shapiro, 2017, New York: Routledge. Psychiatry, 82, 88-91.
Walsh-Messinger, J., Wong, P.S., Antonius, D., McMahon, K., Opler, L.A., Ramirez, P.M., & Malaspina, D. (2018). Sex differences in hedonic judgement of odors in schizophrenia cases and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research, 269, 345-353.
Saunders, B. & Wong, P.S. (2017). Implicit social cognition and intrapsychic conflict. In Christian, C., Eagle, M., & Wolitsky, D. Conflict and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Reassessment, New York: Routledge.
Suzuki, L.A., Wong, P.S., & Wong, G. (2017). Psychological testing and assessment in the Asian American community. The Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Issues, CNPAAEMI Monograph, F. Leong (Ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Wong, P.S. (2017). Book review of China on the Mind, by Christopher Bollas. New York: Routledge. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 34 (2), 260-263.
Professional Affiliations
Member: American Psychological Association; New York State Psychological Association; Asian American Psychological Association; Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association
