Philip C. Kendall

Philip C. Kendall (born March 2, 1950) is Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Temple University, and clinical child and adolescent psychologist. Alongside contemporaries at Temple University, Kendall produced the Coping Cat program. Coping Cat is an evidence-based and empirically supported treatment for anxiety in youth.

Early life and education Kendall is from Merrick, New York. Following his graduation from Chaminade High School. Kendall also served as the Honorary Visiting Expert in Psychiatry at the Ministry of Health in Singapore, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Lackland Air Force Base at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Visiting Professor at the Universidad Peruana in Lima, Peru, Arthur B. Richard Visiting Professor in Child Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Guest Lecturer at the Institute for Studies in Learning Disabilities at the University of Waterloo. Kendall was also a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. In addition, Kendall is currently the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University.

Kendall received Philadelphia Magazine's "Best Therapist" award for the tri-state area in 1997. In 2016, Kendall also received the Aaron T. Beck award for Significant and Enduring Contributions to Cognitive Therapy. Similarly, in 2025 he was awarded the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology Likewise, he received the "Great Teacher" award from Temple University and has had over 35 years of continued grant support from agencies such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Impact Kendall has an H-index of 161. Similarly, Kendall has been an author on over 800 scholarly publications as well as over 20 treatment manuals and workbooks. being implemented more than 15 countries.

Also, Kendall has also directly trained over 150 doctoral students, chaired, or participated on roughly 200 dissertation defense committees, and directly mentors postdoctoral research fellows and has taught undergraduate students.