Sexism exists in many forms and across different levels: internally (e.g., a girl believing she is not good at math simply because...
Sexism Makes it Harder for Girls to Benefit from Therapy
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Predictors of veterans’ well-being after leaving service
Although many individuals do well after leaving the military, the transition from military to civilian life can be challenging for...
Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis
Anxiety sensitivity refers to fears of anxiety-related sensations (e.g., your chest feeling tight) because of catastrophic beliefs...
Microaggressions towards LGBT individuals: what about clinical practice?
As clinicians and psychotherapists, we are called to care for the mental health and well-being of the people who come to us. When...
Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy
Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms...
A Framework to Test Emotion Regulation in the Lab and the Clinic
Emotion regulation is the process of influencing one’s emotional experiences, including how intense an emotion is, how long the...
Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy
The ways in which client and therapist political values affect the therapeutic process has been a neglected factor in clinical...
Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families
Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Consistent with the...
Potential long-term mental and behavioral health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
Life as we knew it changed almost overnight with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. To date, almost 100 million people have been...
Parents on the Brink: Parental Burnout
When one thinks about burnout, one spontaneously thinks of job burnout. Images that come to mind often involve the over-burdened...
The Virtual Way to Getting Better: Helping Reduce Health Disparities Online
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has markedly altered the landscape of mental health care in the United States. Since the start of the...
Is discrimination a risk factor for eating disorders?
When we think of eating disorders, we often picture a very thin, white woman. Consistently, this is how eating disorders are often...