Biography
Dr. Judy Ho, P.h D., is a licensed and triple board certified (ABPP, ABPdN, CMFHE) Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist and a tenured Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University. She has appeared as an expert psychologist, panelist and host on several news, crime, talk show and reality television programs. As of 2019 she hosts the CBS syndicated daytime talk show Face The Truth (2018), alongside Vivica A. Fox, providing conflict resolution and practical takeaways for people with life and relationship challenges. Her book, "Stop Self-Sabotage," a six-step program based on scientific strategies, is published by HarperCollins on August 20, 2019.
Prior to hosting Face The Truth, Dr. Judy was a recurring guest co-host on season 10 of The Doctors (2008) (2017-2018). Other notable television credits include recurring roles on Dr. Drew on Call (2011), CNN Newsroom (1989), Crime Watch Daily (2015), and she contributes forensic analysis and psychological narration on several real-life crime and mystery programs on the Oxygen, Investigation Discovery, Escape channels.
Dr. Judy Ho received her undergraduate degrees in Psychology (B. A.) and Business Administration (B. S.) from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her masters (M. S.) and doctoral degrees (Ph. D.) in Clinical Psychology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine/San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program. She is a two-time recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health Services Research Award (2004 and 2008), and completed a three year National Institute of Mental Health sponsored postdoctoral fellowship in Child Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric (Semel) Institute. She became a board specialized specialist (ABPP) through the prestigious American Board of Professional Psychology in 2011. Dr. Judy became a board certified specialist (ABPP) through the prestigious American Board of Professional Psychology in 2011, and currently serves on the ABPP Examination Committee. In 2015 she became a board certified specialist (CFMHE) through the National Board of Forensic Evaluators. In 2019, she became board certified through the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (ABPdN), where she serves on the Finance Dommittee and Membership Committee.
Dr. Judy Ho has been performing since she was a child in plays, choirs, dance teams, and orchestras, and has pursued this hobby over the years as an adult, acting in several TV shows, films, and musical theater shows. As a psychology professor, researcher and expert she has authored several Op Eds, book chapters and magazine columns with the goal of providing information to the general public about psychological issues in daily life and quality mental health care. And she regularly contributes clinical research manuscripts to National and International psychological journals, and writes chapter contributions to Mental Health Textbooks and research articles illuminating issues regarding mental health treatment for high need populations.
