Lloyd Berg, Ph.D., ABPP

Lloyd Berg, Ph.D., ABPP, is a clinical associate professor and inaugural division chief of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School. He holds clinical associate professor appointments in UT Austin’s Department of Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology and Steve Hicks School of Social Work.

Berg is a board-certified clinical health psychologist specializing in the integration of person-centered behavioral health care in diverse medical settings. He provides team-based psychological services at Ascension Seton, Dell Med’s hospital affiliate, and is principal investigator on a Health Resources and Services Administration grant supporting UT Austin’s Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars Program, a cross-campus collaboration preparing psychology, psychiatry, social work and psychiatric nurse practitioner trainees to provide integrated behavioral health services in medically underserved Texas communities. He also conducts research on musician mental health and is a former board chair of the SIMS Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing mental health services to Austin’s live music community.

Berg received his bachelor’s degree with honors in psychology and master’s and doctoral degrees in counseling psychology from UT Austin, where he also completed his clinical internship training. He began his career as the behavioral science director of Central Texas Medical Foundation’s family practice residency and was a founder of Austin’s first clinical health psychology specialty group. He has held faculty appointments with the University of Texas Medical Branch, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas A&M College of Medicine.

Berg is a former president of the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology. His many clinical, teaching and service honors include Dell Med’s Outstanding Educator Award, the Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology Award from the Society for Health Psychology and the Ivan Mensh Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teaching from the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers. He was inducted as a fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2021 for outstanding contributions in the field of psychology.