Lisa Duval is an American psychologist and anti-transgender activist affiliated with anti-trans hate groups Genspect and Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Duval’s spouse Derek Duval is also involved in anti-trans extremism.
Background
Lisa Beth Duval earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1988. Duval then earned a master’s degree from San Francisco State University in 1992 and a doctorate from the Wright Institute in 1996.
From 1993 to 2002, Duval was a psychologist at Berkeley Therapy Institute. Duval then joined Poehailos, Dupont & Associates.
Anti-transgender activism
Duval was a featured speaker at the 2024 conference for anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Duval spoke on “Understanding and treating innate and iatrogenic borderline personality traits in gender-questioning youth.”
Duval was a featured speaker at the 2025 conference for anti-trans hate group Genspect. Duval spoke on “Misdiagnosing and Mistreating Fear: The Clinical Blindspot in Working with Gender Dysphoria.”
References
SEGM conference program (2024). Lisa Duval: Understanding and treating innate and iatrogenic borderline personality traits in gender-questioning youth. https://trans.so/files/SEGM24_AgendaPrint_9-16-24.pdf
Jones, Zinnia (2022). Lisa Duval. Atomic Gender https://atomicgender.com/people/lisa-duval/
Media
Beyond Gender with Stella O’Malley and Lisa Duval (August 28, 2025). Clinical Psychologist: We’re Misdiagnosing Gender Dysphoria and Making It Worse – Dr. Lisa Duval #33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9EoXqFJLag
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Lisa Duval (August 19, 2025). A Diagnosis Ain’t a Personality | with Lisa Duval. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKL6q7qLmQ
Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Lisa Duval (June 24, 2022). EPISODE 75 – Borderline Personality – Distorted Attempts to Integrate: A Conversation w Lisa Duval. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLw2y7bGLYo
Resources
LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
Poehailos, Dupont & Associates (pdakids.com)
- About
- pdakids.com/about.html
NPI Registry (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
- Dr. LISA BETH DUVAL Ph.D.: NPI 1881827012
- npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1881827012