My research involves investigating the mechanisms underlying anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and using this knowledge to improve treatment options and outcomes for...

Interests: Anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, education and training in psychology, professional issues, supervision

Currently the Assistant Director, Training at the Center for Counseling and...

My interests lie in the role of stigma in affecting individuals’ attitudes toward and likelihood of seeking mental health treatment.  While at UVA, I was involved in two primary studies.  The first...

I conduct interventions for child and adolescent psychopathology that address the contexts in which development occurs. In one line of research, I studied the relationship between classroom...

Self-focused thought allows us to reflect on our past, predict our future, and create a sense of having a stable, cohesive identity. At the same time, experiencing excessive self-focused thought...

My research applies modern health technologies to assess, understand, and treat the unwanted thoughts, images, and urges that are central to many mental and behavioral health problems.  I am...

Cross-cultural research highlights the influence of ethnicity and culture in emotional processes. Specifically, previous studies suggest important differences in the experience of anxiety across...

I am interested in the cognitive and emotional correlates of healthy and disordered aging. Specifically, I study how the different ways we think about ourselves — our cognitive functioning...

I am interested in the way that controlled, strategic cognitive processes interact with relatively uncontrolled, automatic processes in maintaining anxiety and mood disorders, as well as in the...

My research interests revolve around the question of why it is that otherwise rational individuals sometimes behave in ways that lead to serious clinical outcomes.  Specifically, I am interested in...

My research interests involve examining the way children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) perceive their social and behavioral abilities. Currently, I am working on a project...

My research interests are in cognitive-behavioral processes in anxiety, trauma, and adjustment to stress.  Currently I am at Mercer University, where I lead the Transdiagnostic Interventions &...

I am interested in the role that cognition, emotion, mindfulness, and acceptance play in the maintenance and treatment of anxiety and OC spectrum problems. Please see my website for more...

My primary interests involve understanding how information processing biases contribute to the onset and maintenance of anxiety, with the ultimate goal of developing and strengthening interventions...