Derek Phillips

Derek Phillips

Executive Director, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
Marion Turpan College of Psychology and Counseling

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Education

• BS, Olivet Nazarene University
• MA, Adler School of Professional Psychology
• PsyD, Adler University
• MS, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Research

• Prescribing/Medical Psychology
• Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Performance Validity Testing

Academic Profile

Dr. Derek Phillips is a licensed clinical and prescribing psychologist in Illinois, a licensed psychologist in Florida, and board-certified in psychopharmacological psychology and medical psychology. He is director of psychiatry at Arcus Behavioral Health and Wellness, a nonprofit mental health agency in Chicago.

He was awarded the Walter Katkovsky Scholarship for Psychopharmacology Training in 2017 by the American Psychological Foundation. In 2020, he was awarded the Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy by APA Division 55 (Society for Prescribing Psychology). In 2022, Dr. Phillips was awarded a Presidential Citation by APA President Dr. Frank Worrell, as well as the Diversity Award from APA Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice) and the Educator of the Year Award from APA Division 55. In 2023, he received the Outstanding SPTA ECP Leader Award from APA Division 31 (State, Provincial, and Territorial Affairs) and the Distinguished Illinois Psychologist Award from the Illinois Psychological Association. In 2025, he received the Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the National Level award from Division 55 and the Distinguished Professional Contribution to the Practice of Psychology by Division 42.

Dr. Phillips is secretary of the American Psychological Foundation, founding president of the American Board of Psychopharmacological Psychology, president-elect of APA Division 42, chair of the APA RxP Designation Committee, vice chair of the Illinois Clinical Psychologists Licensing & Disciplinary Board, member of the APA Coding Advisory Group, and member-at-large of the Illinois Association of Prescribing Psychologists Board of Directors. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Illinois Psychological Association.