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CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Thröstur Björgvinsson, Ph.D., ABPP Office Addresses – in Houston:

Houston OCD Program 1401 Castle Court Houston, TX 77006 Phone: 713 526 5055 E-mail: [email protected] Office Addresses – in Boston:

Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program, McLean Hospital 115 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02478 Phone: 617-855-4180 E-mail: [email protected] Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Iceland Education: 1989 B.A. in psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

1990 Teachers diploma, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

1992 M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Lakehead University, Department of Psychology, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

1998 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Queen's University, Department of Psychology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Current Clinical/Administrative Experience: 2009 - present Director and Founder, The Houston OCD Program – Specialized

intensive outpatient program with residential support for OCD and other anxiety disorders, Houston, Texas. www.HoustonOCDprogram.org

2009 - present Director, Behavioral Health Partial Program, McLean Hospital,

Belmont, Massachusetts. 2009 - present Co-Director, Psychology Training, McLean Hospital,/Harvard

Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts.

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2009 - present Associate Clinical Psychologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

Prior Clinical/Administrative Experience: 2007 - 2013 Co-Founder, The Icelandic Center for Treatment of Anxiety

Disorders (Kvíðameðferðarstöðin). www.kms.is 2000 - 2008 Program Director, The Menninger OCD Treatment Program,

The Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas (Moved from Topeka, Kansas to Houston, Texas in June 2003).

1998 - 2008 Coordinator of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy,

The Menninger Clinic, Houston/Kansas. Current & Prior Academic Appointments: 2009-present Lecturer on Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical

School, Boston, Massachusetts. 2008-2011 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik,

Iceland. 2006-2008 Associate Professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral

Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral

Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 1999-2001 Faculty, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, The Menninger Clinic,

Kansas. Internship and fellowship: 1996-1997 McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Department of

Psychology, Massachusetts, CBT track: Clinical Psychology Internship in APA accredited program.

1997-1998 OCD Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical

School, Massachusetts, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Fellowship. 1998-1999 Clinical Fellow, McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School,

Massachusetts. Licensure and Certification: 2010 - present Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Massachusetts. 2010 - present Advance Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Clinical

Psychology.

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2008 - present Specialty Certification in Clinical Psychology granted by the Surgeon General (similar to ABPP in USA), Reykjavik, Iceland.

2007 - present Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2002 - present Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Texas. 1999 - 2003 Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Kansas. Other Professional Positions 2002-present

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Scientific Advisory Board

International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF)

Major Administrative Leadership Positions & Courses Directed

Local 1997 - 1998 Course director Six-month seminar: Advances in OCD treatment. A

course with weekly lectures for McLean/Harvard Medical School psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, junior staff and residents. Massachusetts General Hospital OCD Institute, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

1999 - 2001 Course director

Three-month seminar about Cognitive Behavior Therapy for adults. A course with weekly for psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, junior staff and residents. Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas.

1999 - 2001 Course director

Three-month seminar in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for children and adolescents. A course with weekly lectures for child fellows, psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, junior staff and residents. Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas.

2000 Course director (with John March, MD & Martin Leichtman, PhD)

Treating OCD in Children and Adolescents. A 16 hour course conducted with John March MD, and Martin Leicthman, Ph.D. The course was sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Topeka, Kansas

2000 Course co-director (with John Rush, MD & Joyce Davidson, MD)

Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Anxiety Disorders. A 16 hour course conducted with A. John Rush, MD and Joyce Davidson, MD. The course was sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education,

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Topeka, Kansas.

2000 - 2001 Course co-director (w/Joyce Davidson, MD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Nine-month seminar - course primarily for clinical staff at Menninger Clinic. Popular seminar with over 30 staff & trainees in attendance. Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas.

2004 - 2005 Course co-director (w/Joyce Davidson, MD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Nine-month seminar - course primarily for clinical staff at Menninger Clinic. Popular weekly seminar with over 40 staff & trainees in attendance. Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas.

2000 - 2008 Director Menninger Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Program, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas (2000 to 2003) and Houston, Texas (2003 to 2008).

2004 - 2008 Director of Research Menninger Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Program, Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas.

National and International 2001 Course Director

Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD Spectrum Disorders, and Social Phobia. A 16-hour course sponsored by the Education Committee & the Psychology Association of Iceland and the Education Network of Southern Iceland, Selfoss, Iceland.

2005 Course Co-director (w/ Berglind Guðmundsdóttir, PhD)

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. A 16-hour course sponsored by the Continuing Education Department of University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2007 Course director

Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Half-day course conducted at the 115th annual convention of the American Psychology Association, San Francisco, California.

2007 - 2010 Founder and Co-director The Anxiety Treatment Center, Reykjavík, Iceland. First specialized anxiety disorder clinic in Iceland providing outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment. www.kms.is

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2008 Course director Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety

Disorders. Full-day (8-hours) course for psychiatrist and primary care physicians; sponsored by the Icelandic Psychiatric Association and the National Primary Care Physicians Association, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2008 Course Co-director (with Gordon Asmundson, PhD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psycho-somatic Problems and Chronic Illness. A 16-hour course sponsored by the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and Oxford University. University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2008 Courses Co-director (with Gordon Asmundson, PhD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain. A 16 hour sponsored by the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and Oxford University. University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2010 Course Co-director (with Edmund Neuhaus, PhD, ABPP)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders – Part I. A 40-hour course conduced with Edmund Neuhaus, PhD, Jeff Szymanski, PhD, and Szu-Hui Lee, PhD at the Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China.

2010 Course director Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for children and adolescent with Anxiety Disorders. A 16-hour course sponsored by the School Psychology Association of Iceland, Borgarnes, Iceland.

2010 Course Co-director (with Edmund Neuhaus, PhD, ABPP)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders – Part II. A 40-hour course conduced with Edmund Neuhaus, PhD, Jeff Szymanski, PhD, and Szu-Hui Lee, PhD at the Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China.

2012 Course director Intensive treatment programming and treatment of OCD and related disorders in adults and youth.

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A two-day workshop (16 hours) at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (previously titled Royal Ottawa Hospital), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2012 Course Co-director (with Jeff Szymanski, PhD & Szu-Hui Lee, PhD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. A 40-hour course conduced with Jeff Szymanski, PhD, and Szu-Hui Lee, PhD at Xiamen Mental Health Center, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, China.

2013 - Director, ABCP Northeast Region, Exam Coordinator and Board Member

American Board of Clinical Psychology (ABCP). Regional director of the New England Chapter. Four-year appointment to the board. Duties include: two board meetings per year (3 days), coordinating 10 to 20 three-hour exams for ABPP covering all New England and various other duties.

2014 Course Co-director (with Jeff

Szymanski, PhD, Szu-Hui Lee, PhD, & Lisa Coyne, PhD)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. A 40-hour course conduced with Jeff Szymanski, PhD, Szu-Hui Lee, PhD & Lisa Coyne, PhD at Xiamen Mental Health Center, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen, China.

Publications

Peer reviewed publications in print or other media 1. Ragnarsson, R. S., & Björgvinsson, T. (1991). Effect of public posting on driving

speed in Icelandic traffic. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 53-58.

2. Björgvinsson, T., & Thompson, A. P. (1994). Psychometric properties of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory: Cross-cultural invariance of a three-factor solution. Personality and Individual Differences, 16, 47-56.

3. Björgvinsson, T., & Kerr, P. (1995). Use of the Common Language Effect Size Statistics. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152(1), 151.

4. Björgvinsson, T., & Wilde, G. J. S. (1996). Risky health and safety habits related to perceived value of the future. Safety Science, 22, 27-33.

5. Björgvinsson, T., & Thompson, A. P. (1996). Evaluation of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory using a bilingual population. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52, 431-435.

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6. Osgood-Hynes, D., Riemann, B., & Björgvinsson, T. (2003). Short term residential treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Crisis Intervention and Brief Treatment, 3, 413-435.

7. Davidson, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2003). Current and future treatments of obsessive-compulsive-disorder. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 12(6), 993-1001.

8. Bram, A., & Björgvinsson, T. (2004). A psychodynamic clinician’s foray into cognitive-behavioral therapy utilizing exposure and response-prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 58, 304-320.

9. Björgvinsson T., Hart, J., & Heffelfinger, S. (2007). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Update on assessment and treatment. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 13, 362-372.

10. Björgvinsson T., Wetterneck, C., Powell, D., Chasson, G., Hart, J., Heffelfinger, S., Azzouz, R., Entricht, T., Davidson, J., & Stanley, M. (2008). Treatment outcome for adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder in a specialized hospital setting. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 14, 137-145.

11. Abramowitz, J., Deacon, B., Olatunji, B., Wheaton, M., Berman, N., Losardo, D., Timpano, K., McGrath, P., Riemann, B., Adams, T., Björgvinsson, T., Storch, E., & Hale, L. (2010). Assessment of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Dimensions: Development and Validation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychological Assessment, 22, 180-198.

12. Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010). Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: Description and Treatment Issues Highlighted Through a Case Illustration. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 74, 122-40.

13. Storch, E. A., Björgvinsson, T., Riemann, B., Morales, M. J., Lewin, A., & Murphy, T. K. (2010). Factors Associated with Poor Response in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 74, 167-185.

14. Stanley, M., Björgvinsson, T., & Frueh, B.C., (2010). Special Issue: Update on the Nature and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Disorders. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 74, iii-vi.

15. Calleo, J. S., Hart, J., Björgvinsson, T., & Stanley, M. (2010). Obsessions and Worry Beliefs in an Inpatient OCD Population. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(8). 903-908.

16. Kuller, A., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a Paranoid Schizophrenic Patient. Clinical Case Studies, 9(5), 311-327.

17. Rosmarin, D.H., Pirutinsky, S., Auerbach, R.P., Björgvinsson, T., Bigda-Peyton, J., Andersson, G., Pargament, K.I., & Krumrei, E.J. (2011). Incorporating spiritual beliefs into a cognitive model of worry. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(7), 691-700.

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18. Lin, Z., Canales, J., Björgvinsson, T., Thomsen, M., Qu, H., Liu, Q., Torres, G., & Caine, S. (2011). Monoamine transporters: Vulnerable and vital doorkeepers. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, 98, 1-46.

19. Rosmarin, D.H., Auerbach, R.P., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Björgvinsson, T., & Levendusky, P. (2011). Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy in an acute psychiatric setting: A Pilot Study. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 25(4), 1-17.

20. Wetterneck, C., Little, T., Chasson, G., Smith, A., Hart, J., Stanley, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011). Obsessive-compulsive personality traits: How are they related to OCD severity? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 1024-1031.

21. Kertz, S., Bigda-Peyton, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012). The importance of worry across diagnostic presentations: Prevalence, severity, and associated symptoms in a partial hospital setting. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 126-133.

22. Snorrason, I., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012). Diagnosis and treatment of Trichotillamania and Skin Picking (Greining og meðferð hárplokkunaráráttu og húðkroppunaráráttu). The Journal of Icelandic Medical Association (Læknablaðið), 98, 155-162.

23. Wang, C., Wang, J, Tang, T., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012). Psychometric validation of Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) in Chinese college students (多维强迫量表（DOCS）在中国大学生中的修订). Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 20(3), 315-319.

24. Kuller, A., Libben, M., Rosmarin, D., & Björgvinsson T. (2012). Does symptom type moderate the relationship between insight and outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis? A preliminary investigation. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 41(4), 298-309.

25. Smith, A., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., Hill, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012). Differences in obsessional beliefs and emotion appraisal in obsessive compulsive symptom presentation. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(1), 54-61.

26. Rosmarin, D., Bigda-Peyton, J., Kertz, S., Smith, N., Rauch, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). A test of faith in God and treatment: The relationship of belief in God to psychiatric treatment outcomes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 146(3), 441-446.

27. Björgvinsson, T. Kertz, S., Bigda-Peyton, J., McCoy, K., & Aderka, I. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression-10 in an acute psychiatric sample. Assessment, 20(4), 429-436.

28. Kertz, S. J., Bigda-Peyton, J. S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). Validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale in an acute psychiatric sample. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 20(5), 456-464.

29. Björgvinsson, T., Hart, J., Wetterneck, C., Barrera, T., Chasson, G., Powell, D., Heffelfinger, S., & Stanley, M. (2013). Outcomes of specialized residential

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treatment for adults with obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 19(5), 429-437.

30. Webb, C., Kertz, S., Bigda-Peyton, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). The role of pretreatment outcome expectancies and cognitive-behavioral skills in symptom improvement in an acute psychiatric setting. Journal of Affective Disorders, 149(1-3), 375-382.

31. Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). Psychological vulnerability: An integrative approach. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 23(3), 281-283.

32. Rosmarin, D., Bigda-Peyton, J., Öngür, D., Pargament, K., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). Religious Coping Predicts Affective Symptoms and Treatment Outcomes among Psychotic Patients in an Acute Psychiatric Setting. Psychiatric Research, 210(1), 183-187.

33. McHugh, R.K., Kertz, S., Weiss, R., Baskin-Sommers, A., Hearon, B., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014). Changes in Distress Intolerance and Treatment Outcome in a Partial Hospital Setting. Behavior Therapy, 45, 232-240.

34. Kertz, S.J., McHugh, R.K., Lee, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014). Examining the Latent Structure of Worry and Generalized Anxiety in a Clinical Sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 8-15.

35. Martinelli, M., Chasson, G., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014). Perfectionism Dimensions as Predictors of Symptom Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 78, 148-159.

36. Björgvinsson, T., Kertz, S.J., Bigda-Peyton, J., Rosmarin, D., Aderka, I., & Neuhaus, E. (2014). Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for severe mood disorders in an acute naturalistic setting: A benchmarking study. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy,43, 209-220.

37. Kertz, S., J., Lee, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Psychometric properties of abbreviated and ultra-brief versions of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment.

38. Beard, C. & Björgvinsson, T. (2014). Beyond Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Psychometric properties of the GAD-7 in a heterogeneous sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 547-552.

39. Webb, C., Beard, C., Auerbach, R., Menninger, E., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). The Therapeutic alliance in a naturalistic psychiatric setting: Temporal relations with depressive symptom change. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

40. Weiss, R. B., Aderka, I., Lee, J., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). A comparison of three brief depression measures in an acute psychiatric population: CES-D-10, QIDS-SR, and DASS-21-DEP. Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment.

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41. Panayiotou, G., Leonidou, C., Constantinou, E., Hart, J., Rinehart, K., Sy, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Do alexithymic individuals avoid their feelings? Experiential avoidance mediates the association between alexithymia, psychosomatic, and depressive symptoms in a community and a clinical sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry.

42. Cohen, M., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Patient Characteristics and Treatment Credibility and Expectancy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

43. Kertz, S., McHugh, K., Stevens, K., & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Distress Intolerance and Worry: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Variables. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.

Peer reviewed manuscripts under editorial review

Aderka, I., Beard, C., Weiss, R.B., Lee, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (under review). The relationship between depression and generalized anxiety during intensive pharmacological and psychological treatment.

Rosmarin, F, Forester, B., Shassian, D., Webb, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (under review). Interest in spiritually integrated mental health treatment among acute psychiatric patients.

Beard, C., Hearon, B.A., Lee, J., Kopeski, L., Busch, A., & Björgvinsson, T. (under review). When partial hospitalization fails: Predictors of inpatient hospitalization.

Jarvi, S., Baskin-Sommers, A., Hearon, B., Gironde, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (under review). Borderline personality traits predict poorer functioning after partial hospitalization: The mediating role of depressive symptomatology.

Foti, D., Gironde, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (under review). Reconsidering melancholic depression: Impaired mood reactivity predicts persistence of self-harm following partial hospitalization

Non-peer reviewed scientific or medical publications/materials in print or other media 1. Levendusky, P. G., Glod, C. A., & Björgvinsson, T. (1998). Cognitive Behavior

Therapy. In C. A. Glod (Ed.), Contemporary psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: The brain behavior connection. Philadelphia, PA: S.A. Davis.

2. Björgvinsson T., & Hart, J. (2006). Cognitive behavior therapy promotes

mentalizing. In J. G. Allen & P. Fonagy (Eds.), Handbook of Mentalization-based treatment (pp.157-170). New York: John Wiley.

3. Björgvinsson T., (2006). Book review: Clark, D. (2004). Cognitive Behavior Therapy for

OCD. Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic, 70, 340, New York: Guilford.

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4. Björgvinsson T., (2006). Book review: Heimberg, R., Turk, C., Mennin, D. (2004). Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in research and practice. Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic, 70, 340, (2006). New York: Guilford.

5. Björgvinsson T., (2006). Book review: Taylor, S., & Asmundson, G. J.G. (2004).

Treating Health Anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral approach. Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic, 70, 341. New York: Guilford.

6. Björgvinsson T., (2006). Book review: Morris, T.L., & March, J.S. (2004). Anxiety

Disorders in Children and Adolescents (second edition). Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic, 70, 340. New York: Guilford.

7. Björgvinsson T., & Hart, J. (2007). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In M. Hersen & J.

Rosqvist (Eds.). Handbook of Assessment, Conceptualization, and Treatment (pp. 237-262). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

8. Rosqvist, J., & Björgvinsson, T., Norling, D.C., & Gudmundsdottir, B. (2007). Post-

Traumatic Stress Disorder. In M. Hersen & J. C. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of clinical interviewing with adults (pp. 238-251). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

9. Rosqvist, J., & Björgvinsson, T., & Davidson, J. E. (2007). Philosophical underpinnings

of clinical interviewing. In M. Hersen & J. C. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of clinical interviewing with adults (pp. 1-6). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

10. Brown, K., Stanley, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In:

V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behaviour, 2nd Edition (pp. 739-745). Academic Press.

11. Crosby, J. & Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Behavior Disorder: Obsessive-Compulsive

Disorder. In: E. C. Wolters & C. R. Baumann (Eds.), Movements Disorders: State of the Art. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Association of Parkinsonism and Related disorders.

Educational Material for Patients and the Lay Community 1. Björgvinsson, T. (2004). The way I treat OCD: The importance of treatment

community. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Newsletter, 18(3), 8-9. 2. Hart, J., Björgvinsson, T., & Davidson, J. (2004). Health Anxiety and

Hypochondriasis: Diagnosis and Treatment of These Serious and Debilitating Illnesses. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Newsletter, 18(6), 3-11.

3. Björgvinsson, T., & Boudouvas, C. (2005). Treating adolescents with severe OCD:

Disentangling symptoms from family interactions. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Newsletter, 19(4), 1-13.

4. Björgvinsson, T., & Fountain, K. (2006). Inpatient Treatment - What's It Like For

Teens? (with Michelle & Maggie). Organized Chaos - teens & young adult’s

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website dedicated for learning about OCD http://www.ocfoundation.org/organizedchaos

5. Björgvinsson, T., (2006). Anxiety ranges from common daily fears to a full disorder.

What’s the difference? (with Roger Verdon). Menninger Perspective. 6. Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2007). Helping the helpers: Roadmap to

recovery. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Newsletter 20(3), 3-6. 7. Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008). Roadmap to Recovery: Families of Adult OCD

Sufferers Living at Home. OCD Chicago – Expert Perspective. A website dedicated to educate people about OCD http://www.ocdchicago.org

Committee Service

Local 2003 - 2008

Outcome Research and Program Evaluation Committee

Chair, Menninger Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Program.

2004 - 2008

Internship Training Committee June 2004 - January 2008

Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine.

2004 - 2008

Internal Review Board (IRB) June 2004 - June 2008

Baylor College of Medicine. Full voting board member in a monthly IRB review meeting. In charge of reviewing 3 to 6 proposals per month & vote on another 10 to 20 research proposals.

2007 - 2008 Menninger Clinic Clinical Outcome Committee

Menninger Clinic – Participated in designing the clinical outcomes that were ultimately implemented in every program at Menninger Clinic.

2007 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee External Examiner, Department of Psychology, University of Houston.

2008 - 2010 MA Thesis Committee University of Iceland – Examiner of three theses during two-year period.

2009 - Psychology Selection Internship Committee (co-chair)

McLean Hospital – Annual meetings.

2009 - McLean Academic Steering Committee (MACS)

McLean Hospital – Participated in planning McLean’s Academic vision and goals for the next 5 years. Quarterly meetings.

2009 - 2010 MACS Workgroup XI: Evidence Based Practice / Practice Based

McLean Hospital – subcommittee member, reported findings to Academic Steering

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evidence Committee.

2009 - 2010 MACS Workgroup IV: Faculty Development

McLean Hospital – subcommittee member, reported findings to Academic Steering Committee.

2009 - McLean Teaching & Graduate Education Committee

McLean Hospital – member in this committee that meets quarterly about teaching and training at McLean.

2009 - McLean Training Sub-Committee

McLean Hospital – member in this sub-committee that meets bi-monthly about resident training.

2009 - The Irene Pierce Stiver Psychology Alumni Association

McLean Hospital – Co-Director. The Alumni Association meets monthly and publishes the annual McLean alumni newsletter and attends to other alumni needs.

2011- Academic Integrity Committee McLean Hospital –meets quarterly about academic integrity issues at McLean.

2012- McLean Clinical Research Committee

McLean Hospital – member in quarterly meetings about clinical research issues at McLean.

National and International 2007-2011 Conference Planning Committee

(for four annual conferences)

International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation

2006 - 2007 2009 - 2010 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013

Conference Review/Planning Committee (four conferences)

Anxiety Disorder Association of America (ADAA) – renamed in 2012: Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA)

2013 (October 15)

External Reviewer (Andmælandi – European format) at the first doctoral dissertation defense conducted at the Department of Psychology at the University of Iceland

Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

Professional Societies 1993 - American Psychological Association Full member

1997 - International Obsessive Compulsive Full member

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Disorder Foundation

1998 - Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Full member

2001 - Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Full member

2007 - Icelandic Psychological Association Full member

2010 - American Board of Professional Psychology

Diplomat

2010 - American Board of Professional Psychology

Examiner

2011 - Icelandic Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies

Full member

Editorial Activities Ad hoc reviewer:

Behavior Therapist Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Clinical Psychology Review Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Current Psychiatry Depression and Anxiety Journal of Anxiety Disorders Journal of Psychiatric Practice Tímarit Sálfræðingafélags Íslands (Journal of the Icelandic Psychology Association)

Other Editorial Roles

2009 - 2010 Co-editor of a special issue on

OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders The Menninger Bulletin

Honors and Prizes 1990 Tuition Bursary Lakehead University

1992 - 1996

Ontario Government International Student Fee Waiver

Ontario Government and Queens University

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1992 - 1994 Queen’s Graduate Fellowship

Queen’s University

1994 - 1995 Deans Award Queen’s University

1994 - 1996 Queen’s Graduate Award


1995 - 1996 Thesis Support Honorarium


Report of Local Teaching and Training

Teaching of Students in Courses

2008 Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. A graduate level course for MA students in clinical psychology

University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. One full semester course condensed into three weeks of intensive lectures (about 15-hours per week – total of 45 hours).

2011 Severe Psychopathology. A graduate level course for Ph.D. clinical psychology students

University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. Six lectures given in a full semester course (course leader Georgia Panayiotou, Ph.D.)

Formal Teaching of Residents, Clinical Fellows and Research Fellows (post-docs) 2003 - 2009 Topic Seminar for psychology interns

PhD graduate students Baylor College of Medicine 90 min. sessions 3-4 times a year

2004 - 2008 Topic seminar for child fellows 2nd year child fellows

Baylor College of Medicine 1 hr. sessions 4-5 times a year

2009 - Psychotherapy seminar PhD graduate students

McLean Hospital 1 hr. weekly

2009 - Research/Treatment Outcome seminar PhD graduate students

McLean Hospital 1 hr. monthly

2013 - PGY2 Didactic Seminars – Five 1 hour lectures on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Co-presenters: Phil Levendusky (1 lecture); Matt Schrock (4 lectures).

MGH/McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program Five 1hr. lectures (April & May 2013)

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Clinical Supervisory and Training Responsibilities 2004 – 2008

Baylor College of Medicine and Menninger Clinic: Primary mentor/advisor for one postdoctoral fellow, one psychology intern and two master level practicum students per each academic year.

Effort: Weekly one-hour supervision meeting with the postdoctoral fellow and the psychology intern per each academic year (12 months). One hour (twice a months) supervisory meeting with practicum students.

2009 - McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical

School: Mentor/Advisor for six to seven psychology interns and two postdoctoral fellows.

Effort: Weekly group meeting with psychology interns, weekly supervision meetings with majority of interns, weekly one hour meting with postdoctoral fellows per each academic year (12 months).

Laboratory and Other Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities 2004-2008 Baylor College of Medicine and

Menninger Clinic: Research supervision of postdoctoral fellows, residents, psychology interns and practicum students.

Twice a month, one-hour research team/supervisory meeting.

2009 - McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical

School: Research supervision of postdoctoral fellows, psychology interns, practicum students, and student visitors.

Weekly one-hour research team/supervisory meeting. Monthly one hour team/supervisory meeting with all staff at BHP and all trainees involved in research.

Formal Teaching of Peers (e.g., CME and other continuing education courses) 1999 Diagnosis and Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive

Disorder. A lecture at the KETCH Employment Service, Salina, Kansas. 2000 Managing Your Own Anxiety – Challenges in utilizing Cognitive

Behavior Therapy and in implementing exposure treatment. A lecture at the Social Work Day 2000, Kansas University, Kansas.

2001 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Seminar: Diagnosis and Treatment of

OCD. Half-day workshop sponsored by the Family Service and Guidance Center, Topeka, Kansas.

2001 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: General principles as applied in treating

Depression and Anxiety Disorders. One-day workshop sponsored by the Family Service and Guidance Center, Topeka, Kansas.

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2001 A Profile of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Assessment and Cognitive

Behavior Therapy. Half-day workshop sponsored by the Mental Health Association, Wichita, Kansas.

2001 The new Menninger intensive Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy

Program for OCD and other Anxiety Disorders. A lecture sponsored by the Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2001 Effective Evidence Based Treatments of Anxiety Disorders. A lecture

sponsored by the Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2002 Diagnosis and Effective Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

and OCD Spectrum Disorders. One-day workshop sponsored by The Institute for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Education and Training, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Donahue Seminar Series, Norman, Oklahoma.

2003 Lecture I: Differential diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder –

treatment implications and challenges. Lecture II: The key elements of effective treatments for Obsessive

Compulsive Disorder. Two lectures given at a week-long workshop sponsored by the Menninger Clinic, Park City, Utah.

2004 Intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for severe and treatment

refractory obsessive compulsive disorder. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Washington, DC.

2005 Intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for severe OCD: Tips for practical

management. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Dallas, Texas.

2005 Intensive specialized treatment for severe and treatment refractory

obsessive-compulsive disorder. A lecture given at the Clinical Forum Series at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

2005 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy and Milieu Management

for Severe Anxiety Disorders. Half-day workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the American Residential Treatment Association (ARTA), Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

2005 Intensive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Severe Obsessive

Compulsive Disorder and other Anxiety Disorders. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Washington, DC.

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2005 Working as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist: Opportunities and Challenges. Brown Bag presentation sponsored by the Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2005 Intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for severe anxiety disorders with

special focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Birmingham, Alabama.

2006 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Treatment of a Debilitating

Disorder. Clinical presentation given at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY


special focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Orlando, Florida.

2006 Working with Families of Patients with Anxiety Disorders. A lecture

sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Orlando, Florida.

2006 Intensive Milieu Driven Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD and

other Anxiety Disorders. Intived address to Skyland, Atlanta, Georgia. 2006 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for severe obsessive-compulsive

disorder. Intived address to the Greater Houston Psychiatric Associates, Houston, Texas.


special focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Chicago, Illinois.

2006 Behavior Therapy Institute. Full-day mentorship/supervision in an

three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), John Calamari, Ph.D., Cheryl N. Carmin, Ph.D., Karen Cassiday, Ph.D., Bradley Riemann, Ph.D., Reed Simpson, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and was conducted in St. Louis, Missouri.

2006 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Severe Obsessive-

Compulsive Disorder. A lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2007 Behavior Therapy Institute. Full-day mentorship/supervision in an

three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for

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OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Jon Abramowitz, Ph.D. Melinda A. Stanley, Ph.D., Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D., Bruce Mansbridge, Ph.D., & Joyce Davidson, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Houston, Texas.

2007 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for severe obsessive-compulsive

disorder. Half-day workshop conducted at the 33rd Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders and Behavioral Health, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

2007 Differential Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder. Chaired and presented at a half-day workshop that was conducted at the National OC Foundation conference with Melinda Stanley, Ph.D., Joyce Davidson, MD, John Hart, LCPC, & Constantia Boudouvas, LCSW. This workshop was jointly sponsored by The Peace of Mind Foundation and The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Houston, Texas.

2007 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for severe anxiety disorders with special

focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder. A lecture jointly sponsored by the Miami Alliance for the Mentally Ill and The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Miami, Florida.

2008 Intensive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Using

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to Highlight the Importance of Exposure. Two lectures conducted with Lisa Wuyek, Ph.D., jointly sponsored by the Austin Center for the treatment of OCD and The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Austin, Texas.

2008 The effects of anxiety on health and healing: New approaches and

changed emphasis in treatment. Keynote address at the annual convention of the National Primary Care Physicians Association, Reykjavík, Iceland.

2010 Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI). Full-day mentorship/

supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Martin Franklin, Ph.D., Sabine Willhelm, Ph.D., Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D., Jeff Szymanski, Ph.D., & Michael Jenike, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts.


supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Melinda Stanley, Ph.D., Eric Storch,

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Ph.D., Bruce Mansbridge, Ph.D., Constantina Boudouvas, LCSW and Joyce Davidson, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation, Houston, Texas.

2012 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy: Similarities

and differences. A lecture conducted for staff and trainees at Xiamen Mental Health Center with Jeff Szymanski, Ph.D., and Szu-Hui Lee, Ph.D., sponsored by Xiamen Mental Health Center, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, China.

2012 Strategies for Working with Multi-Problem Anxious Patients. A lecture

conducted for staff and trainees at Xiamen Mental Health Center with Jeff Szymanski, Ph.D., and Szu-Hui Lee, Ph.D., sponsored by Xiamen Mental Health Center, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, China.

2012 Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI). Full-day

mentorship/supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Martin Franklin, Ph.D., Sabine Willhelm, Ph.D., Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D., Randy Frost, Ph.D., & Michael Jenike, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation and was conducted in Boston, Massachusetts.

2013 Treatment of Severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Clinical

Workshop. Half-Day workshop for therapists and consumers conducted in the Empire State Building (59th floor) and sponsored by the Center for Anxiety, New York City, NY.


supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Melinda Stanley, Ph.D., Aureen Wagner, Ph.D., Bruce Mansbridge, Ph.D., Constantina Boudouvas, LCSW and Joyce Davidson, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation and was conducted in Houston, Texas.

2013 Hypochondriasis – Health Anxiety. A lecture conducted as part of a three

day Behavior Therapy Training Institute sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation and was conducted in Houston, Texas.


mentorship/supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Martin Franklin, Ph.D.,

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Sabine Willhelm, Ph.D., Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D., Randy Frost, Ph.D., & Michael Jenike, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation and was conducted in Boston, Massachusetts.


mentorship/supervision in an three-day intensive training course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD for mental health professionals. Conducted with C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. (chair), Martin Franklin, Ph.D., Sabine Willhelm, Ph.D., Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D., Randy Frost, Ph.D., & Michael Jenike, MD. This advanced institute was sponsored by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation and was conducted in Boston, Massachusetts.

Local Invited Presentations 2000 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment Issues. A

lecture sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Kansas.

2001 Effective Multidisciplinary Teamwork With a Client Diagnosed with

Severe OCD: A case presentation. A lecture conducted with Constantina Boudouvas sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Kansas.

2002 Diagnostic and Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Pain: A

Cognitive Behavioral Approach. A lecture conducted with John Hart, & Rose West, sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Kansas.

2003 Potential use of mentalization in effective treatment of obsessive-

compulsive disorder – A case illustration. Invited talk at a two-day conference on mentalization sponsored by the Child and Family Center, Menninger Clinic, Kansas.

2004 Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. A lecture conducted

at the Menninger Clinic, sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Houston, Texas.

2004 Effective treatments for severe and treatment refractory OCD. A lecture

conducted with Constantina Boudouvas, LCSW & John Hart, LCPC; sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Houston, Texas.

2006 Faces of OCD: Identify support through Art as Therapy. A lecture

delivered at the Menninger Clinic to staff, conducted with Kimberley

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Fountain; sponsored by The Menninger Clinic, Division of Continuing Education, Houston, Texas.

2006 Intensive CBT program for adolescents with severe OCD: Preliminary

outcome data. Grand rounds given at Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

2008 Critical evaluation of Mentalizing - what does Mentalizing leave out?

Paper presented with John Hart, MA at a lecture series on Mentalizing as a Framework for Effective Psychotherapy, J. Allen, PhD (chair), Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas.

2009 OCD 101: Diagnosis, treatment and family involvement. A lecture

conducted with Chad Wetterneck, Ph.D. and John Hart, Ph.D. at University of Houston – Clare Lake symposium on current issues on Mental Health, Clare Lake, Houston, Texas.

2010 Coping Skills for People with OCD. A lecture given at the Obsessive

Compulsive & Related Disorders, Les Grodberg Memorial Lecture Series, Belmont, Massachusetts.

2010 Depression: Care of the Patient Under Treatment. Grand rounds given

with Valarie Photos at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts. 2011 Examining treatment outcomes in the context of a partial hospital

program: The effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for affective disorders. Grand rounds conducted at McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

2014 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety. A two and a half hour lecture

given with Szu-Hui Lee, PhD to the Chinese Society of Psychiatrists. Hosted by McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

Invited Presentations and Courses

Regional 2004 Key Elements in Effective Treatment for Severe Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder. Paper presented at the annual Texas Psychology Association conference, San Antonio, Texas.

2004 Intensive cognitive-behavioral treatment protocol applied to compulsive

skin picking. Paper presented with J. Hart at the annual Trichotillomania Learning Center National conference, Houston, Texas.

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2005 Diagnosis, nature and treatment of Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis. Paper presented with J. Hart at the annual Texas Psychological Association conference, Houston, Texas.

2005 Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and their families:

Disentangling the anxiety symptoms from family interactions. Panel discussion conducted with C. Boudouvas at the annual Texas Psychological Association conference, Houston, Texas.

2014 How to Get the Internship You Want. Panel discussion conducted with S.

Quinn & K. Crawford at the annual Clinical Psychology Graduate Summit: A Day of Learning with Society of Clinical Psychology Leaders. Sponsored by Division 12 Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

National 1995 Ethical and Methodological issues in using subject pools. Lecture given at

the annual Canadian Psychological Association convention, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

1995 Risk homeostasis and individual differences in health and safety habits. In

M. Murray (Chair), Accidents, safety and risk-taking. Paper presented with G. Wilde at a symposium conducted at the annual Canadian Psychological Association convention, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

2000 Cognitive-behavior group therapy for patients with Obsessive-Compulsive

Disorder. Lecture given with J. Hart and M. Ferro at the annual meeting of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Los Angeles, CA.

2001 Cognitive-Behavior Group Therapy for Social Phobia. Lecture given at

the annual American Group Psychotherapy Association, Boston, MA 2001 “Fish out of water”: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Research in

traditionally non-behavioral settings. Paper presented at a symposium presented with D. Tolin (Chair), A. Addis, M. Anthony, & J. Abramowitz at the 35th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Boston, MA.

2002 Intensive CBT for hypochondriasis: A case presentation. Paper presented

with J. Hart and J. Davidson at the 9th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2002 Restoring hope: Treating suicidal patients with severe and persistent

mental illness. Paper presented at a symposium with L. Lewis, S. Adkins, & N. Diacon at the 35th annual conference of American Association of Suicidology, Washington, DC.

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2003 OCD in the milieu: Use of therapeutic community in the treatment of

severe OCD. Paper presented with R. Azzouz at the 10th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

2004 Potential use of therapeutic community (milieu) to enhance treatment

outcomes for severe OCD and other anxiety disorders. Paper presented with R. Azzouz at the 24th annual Anxiety Disorder Association of America Conference, Miami, Florida.

2004 Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity as compared and contrasted with

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Diagnostic and treatment implications. Paper presented at the annual conference for The National Council on Sexual Addictions and Compulsivity, Washington, DC.

2004 Obligatory Exercise: Clinical Features and treatment implications. Paper

presented with J. Hart at the 11th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

2005 Diagnosis, nature and treatment of Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis.

Paper presented with J. Hart at the 12th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, San Diego, California.

2005 Treatment of Severe OCD and Other Anxiety Disorders: How much do

Comorbid Personality Disorders Muddy the Waters? Paper presented with J. Hart and J. Davidson at the 25th annual Anxiety Disorder Association of America Conference, Seattle, Washington.

2005 Adolescents with severe and treatment refractory OCD: The power of

treatment community (milieu) in creating atmosphere for change. Paper presented at the annual Conference of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), Tucson, Arizona.

2005 Live training expands clinical boundaries: Solving dissemination issues

and increasing utilization of exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. Symposium conducted with L. Öst, J. Abramowitz, S. Cahill, W. Koch, R Warren & J. Rosqvist (Chair) at the 39th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, DC.

2006 Novel and emerging treatments for refractory obsessive-compulsive

disorder. Panel presentation with J. Davidson and J. Coplan, at the 26th Annual Conference, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, Florida.

2006 Challenges in defining and collecting outcome data with treatment

refractory anxiety disorder patients. Paper presented with D. Powell, S.

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Webb and M. Stanley at the 26th Annual Conference, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, Florida.

2006 Paralyzed: Unique In-Hospital Treatment of a Woman so Distressed by

Contamination that She Could Not Complete Her Own Rituals. Anxiety Rounds conducted at the 26th Annual Conference, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, Florida.

2006 Intensive CBT treatment of three OCD refractory patients: Practical look

at what worked and what did not. Paper presented with J. Hart at the 26th Annual Conference, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, Florida.

2006 Intensive CBT for Treatment of Refractory OCD: Outcome Data from a

Specialized Hospital Program. Grand rounds given at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

2006 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Severe Obsessive-

Compulsive Disorder. Workshop conducted at the American Group Psychotherapy Association annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

2006 Families Accommodation of Symptoms in Severe Anxiety Disorders:

Detangling Anxiety Symptoms from Family Interactions. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), Tampa, Florida.

2006 Preliminary findings and challenges in outcomes with treatment refractory

OCD. Paper presented with D. Powell and G. Chasson at the 13th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

2007 Challenges in Treating Comorbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and

Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Paper presented with S. Heffelfinger, G. Chasson, & D. Powell at the 27th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, St. Louis, MO.

2007 Treatment resistant pediatric OCD: Exploring intensive outpatient and

residential treatment options. Panel discussion with E. Storch and B. Riemann at the 27th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, St. Louis, MO.

2007 Care for the caregivers: Burden and stress in the caregivers of anxiety

sufferers. Paper presented with S. Heffelfinger, C. Wetterneck and J. Hart at the 27th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, St. Lois, MO.

2008 What does Mentalizing leave out? Paper presented with J. Hart in a

symposium chaired by J. Allen & J. Oldham, Mentalizing as a Framework

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for Effective Psychotherapy, American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Washington, DC.

2008 Challenges in defining outcomes and in collecting computerized outcome

data with treatment resistant OCD and OCD-Spectrum Disorders. Paper presented in A. Gloster (Chair) Symposium Experimental Approaches to the Refined Understanding and Improved Treatment of OCD-Spectrum Disorders, 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

2008 Engaging family members to facilitate treatment of OCD. Paper presented

with D. Powell and S. Heffelfinger at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

2008 Treating sexual obsessions in patients with and without a history of sexual

trauma. Paper presented with L Wuyek at the 15th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

2008 Application of CBT: Evaluating accommodation of OCD and engaging

families in treatment. Workshop conducted with C. Boudouvas for therapist new to OCD treatment conducted at the 15th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

2008 Assessment, conceptualization and Treatment: Cognitive-Behavioral

Therapy for OCD. Workshop conducted with J. Hart for therapist new to OCD treatment conducted at the 15th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

2009 How Effective Is Specialized Intensive Inpatient Group CBT for Patients

With Severe Anxiety Disorders? Paper presented in A. Björnsson (Chair) and R. Heimberg (Discussant) symposium, Is It Too Early to Give Up on Group CBT for Social Phobia and Other Anxiety Disorders? Conducted at the 29th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2009 Un- and Anti-Scientific Abandonment of Exposure Therapy: A Flight

From Reason Obfuscates and Obstructs Translation of Basic Science Into Practice. Panel discussion with J. Rosqvist & W. Ricks (chairs), J. Himle, B. Bergstrom, & C. McGhee conducted at the 29th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2009 Family Therapy and OCD: Workshop for Therapists. Workshop for

therapists with D. Powell and J. Hart conducted at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2009 OCD Treatment with Children and Teens: How Does it Differ from

Adults? Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with D.

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Powell and F. Sapp at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2009 CBT treatment and Medical Options for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with J. Davidson at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Therapy for OCD. Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with J. Hart at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2010 Discussant in symposium titled: Research Collaborative Association

(ORCA): Evaluating the Effectiveness of Residential and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs in Adolescents and Adults. B. Riemann & S. Cahill (Chairs). Conducted at the 30th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

2010 The Ethics of Exposure: Is There Such a Thing as Too Far? Panel

discussion with Abramowitz, J., McGarth, P. (Chair), Stack, D., & Whiteside, S., conducted at the 30th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

2010 The Perils of Everything: Patient Paralyzed by Fear of Harming Objects,

Animals, and People. Anxiety Rounds conducted at the 30th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

2010 The Ethics of ERP. Panel discussion with Grayson, J., McGrath, P.

(Chair), & Pollard, A., conducted at the 17th Annual International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.


Therapy for OCD. Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with J. Hart the 17th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

2010 OCD Treatment with Children and Teens: How does it differ from Adults?

Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with E. Storch and F. Sapp at the 17th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

2010 CBT treatment and Medical Options for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with E. Stewart at the 17th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

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2010 Examining Treatment Efficacy in the Naturalistic Context of Partial Hospital Program. In Sharp, C. (Chair), Evidence Based Practice and Practice Based Evidence in Hospital Settings: Methods, challenges and findings. Paper presented with R. Auerbach & D. Rosmarin at a symposium at the 44th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA.

2010 Discussant in symposium titled: Research Collaborative Association

(ORCA): Evaluating the Effectiveness of Residential and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs in Adolescents and Adults. B. Riemann & S. Cahill (Chairs). Symposium conducted at the 44th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA.

2011 A Protocol for Evaluating Anxiety Treatment Outcomes in a Naturalistic

Setting: Development, Challenges, and Preliminary Findings. In Wetterneck, C.T., & Björgvinsson, T. (Moderators) symposium titled: Treatment Interference OCD and other anxiety disorders: The role of personality traits, family accommodations, and symptom subtypes. Paper presented with Bigda-Peyton, J., Rosmarin, D., & Kertz, S., at the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2011 When ERP goes bad: Increasing response to treatment in difficult-to-treat

cases. Paper presented with Anderson, E., Brown, K. R., Fullerton, G., at the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2011 Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

(CBGT) in the Treatment of Social Phobia: An Open Clinical Trial in Iceland. Paper presented with Björnsson, A., Davíðsdóttir, S., Ludviksdóttir, S., Viðar, S., in Chasson, G. (Chair) and Björgvinsson, T. (Discussant) symposium titled: Anxiety around the globe: From phenomenology to treatment dissemination. At the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2011 Ethics and ERP. Paper presented with Heffelfinger, S., Daniel, J., &

Brown, K., at the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2011 Innovative ERP: How do you expose someone to ____? Panel presented

with McGrath, P., Pollard, A., Riemann, B., Abramowitz, J. S., & Deacon, B., at the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2011 Introduction to OCD Treatment – Part I: Assessment and diagnosis of

OCD. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted

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with McGrath, P., at the 18th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA.

2011 Introduction to OCD Treatment – Part II: Exposure/Response Prevention

and Medication Management. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Stewart, E., at the 18th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA.

2011 Introduction to OCD Treatment – Part III: Family, Child and Adolescent

Therapy. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Sapp, F., and Storch, E., at the 18th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA.

2011 CBT in an Era of Managed Care: Treatment Outcomes and Mechanism of

Change in a Partial Hospital Program. In Hughes, M. (Chair) symposium titled: Is CBT Really Just for Outpatients? Examining Treatment Outcomes in Acute Psychiatric Settings. Paper presented with Kertz, S., Rosmarin, D., Bigda-Peyton, J., (with E. Neuhaus as discussant) at the 45th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

2012 The Assessment of Previous Treatment Failures and Current Treatment

Resistance in a Residential/Inpatient Setting. In Van Kirk, N (Chair) symposium titled: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Focus on Assessment. Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of Anxiety and Depression Association of America conference, Arlington, VA.

2012 Motivation, Adherence, and Treatment Effectiveness in OCD and OC-

Spectrum Patients. A clinical roundtable conducted with Björnsson, A (moderator), Anderson, E., Fullerton, G., Sistrunk, C., and Van Kirk, N. Conducted at the annual meeting of Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Arlington, VA.


OCD. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with McGrath, P., at the 19th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Chicago, IL.


and Medication Management. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Stewart, E., at the 19th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Chicago, IL.


Therapy. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Sapp, F., and Storch, E., at the 19th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Chicago, IL.

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2012 Integrating spirituality into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in an acute

psychiatric setting: A pilot study. Symposium presented with Rosmarin, D., Auerbach, R., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Björgvinsson T, & Levendusky P. American Psychological Association: 120th annual meeting. Orlando, FL.

2012 Examining Subtypes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In McHugh, K.

(Chair) symposium titled: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of GAD. Paper presented with Kertz, S. J., McHugh, K., & Bigda-Peyton, J., at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.

2012 What are you going to do when you grow up? Career paths for the

Cognitive Behavior Therapist. Membership panel discussion with Martin M. Anthony, Sonja V. Batten, Kristene A. Dole, Jonathan Grayson, Charles Mansueto, Mitchell L. Schare, & Hilary B. Vidair. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.

2012 A behavioral approach to opening up shop. Panel discussion with David

Rosmarin (moderator), Jonathan Grayson, Sharon Morgillo Freeman, Steven Fishman, Barry Lubetkin & Charles Mansueto. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.

2013 Predictors of Treatment Response Among Diagnostic Subgroups in Brief,

Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Acute Anxiety. In C. Beard (Chair) and T. Björgvinsson (discussant) symposium titled: Predictors and Mediators of Anxiety Reduction across Different Interventions and Settings. Presented with Weiss, R. B., Lee, J., Cohen, M., & Beard, C., at the 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

2013 Linking Cognitive Avoidance and Worry with the Emotion Regulation

Theory of GAD. In C. Beard (Chair) and T. Björgvinsson (discussant) symposium titled: Predictors and Mediators of Anxiety Reduction across Different Interventions and Settings. Presented with Weiss, R. B., Lee, J., Cohen, M., & Beard, C., at the 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

2013 OCD and comorbid disorders: Implications for treatment and outcome. In

E. Teng (Chair) symposium titled: Examining the impact of integrative and disorder specific treatments for anxiety. Presented with Zwecker, N. A., Anderson, E. R., Fullerton, G., & Lee, E. B., at the 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

2013 Ethics in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: What makes Good Practice.

Panel presented with Anderson, E., (Chair), Fullerton, G., & Zwecker, N.,

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at the 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.


OCD. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with McGrath, P., at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.


and Medication Management. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Stewart, E., at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.


Therapy. Chair of a workshop for therapists new to OCD treatment conducted with Wagner, A., & Ferrer, L., at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.

2013 Fun with exposures... Is it possible? Using creativity to enhance the

exposure process. Panel presented with Van Kirk, N. (chair), Grayson, J., Pollard, A., and Riemann, B., at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.

2013 OCD Taboos: Strategic responses to sexual and violent intrusions. Panel

presented with Mogan, C. (chair), Blair-West, S and Pollard, A., at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.

2013 OCD research in clinical settings: Assessment, processes, and outcome.

Discussant in a symposium with Elias, J. Gruner, N., Krompinger, J., and Shapiro, L. Crosby, J. (chair), presenting the four symposium talks. Conducted at the 20th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA.

2013 Sudden gains in CBT for depression in an acute naturalistic treatment

sample: Prevalence, predictors, and relationship to outcome. In Beard, C. (Chair) and DeRubeis, R. (Discussant) symposium titled: Sudden gains in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: New findings and updated theory. Paper presented with Beard, C., Weiss, R., Lee, J., & Aderka, I., at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2013 One model of integration: Methods from a partial hospital program. In

Beard, C. (Chair) and Auerbach, R. (discussant) symposium titled: Psychotherapy integration research in naturalistic psychiatric settings. Paper presented with Beard, C., Weiss, R., Lee, J., & Barrick, E., at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

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2013 A novel strategy for promoting exercise in a partial hospital program. In

Beard, C. (Chair) and Auerbach, R. (discussant) symposium titled: Psychotherapy integration research in naturalistic psychiatric settings. Paper presented with Hearon, B., Kopeski, L., Smits, J., Otto, M., & Beard, C., at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2013 Therapeutic Alliance in a Naturalistic Psychiatric Setting: Cause or

Consequence of Depressive Symptom Change? In Beard, C. (Chair) and Auerbach, R. (discussant) symposium titled: Psychotherapy integration research in naturalistic psychiatric settings. Paper presented with Webb, C., Beard, C., & Menninger, E., at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2013 What are you going to do when you grow up? Career paths for the

Cognitive Behavior Therapist. Membership panel discussion with Martin M. Anthony, Sonja V. Batten, Kristene A. Dole, Jonathan Grayson, Danielle J. Maack, & Hilary B. Vidair. Presented at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2013 Predictors of Worry and Anxiety Reduction in Individuals With GAD and

Other Diagnoses: Cognitive and Emotion Regulation Vulnerabilities. In Dugas, M. J. (Chair) and Fresco, D. M. (discussant) symposium titled: Beyond the Horse Race: What Factors Predict and Explain Treatment Response to CBT for GAD? Paper presented with Kertz, S., Beard, C., Lee, J., at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2014 Identifying Factors That Influence Motivation and Compliance in the

Treatment of OCD. Workshop presenter, 34th annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.

2014 Specialized Residential Treatment of a Woman So Distressed by Her

Contamination Fears that She Was Unable to Complete Her Own Rituals. Paper presented at the Anxiety and Depression Rounds, 34th annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.

2014 Working with Families of Patients with Severe OCD – Perspectives From

an Intensive Residential Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Program. In symposium titled Current Trends in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Family Research and Treatment Implications. Paper presented at the 34th annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.

2014 The Functional Idiographic Assessment Template Questionnaire (FIAT-

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Q): Data for An Assessment Used in Contextual Behavioral Interventions. In symposium titled Tools For Clinical and Research Targets in the Areas of Interpersonal Functioning and Intimacy: Concepts and Measures From Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. Paper presented with Callaghan, G., Wetterneck, C. T., Maitland, D., Smith, A., & Lee, E., Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, 14th Annual World Convention, Minneapolis, MN.

2014 Transcultural Adaptation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Health

Anxiety/Hypochondriasis. A lecture presented with S. Lee, 21st annual International OCD Foundation Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2014 Current Trends in OCD Family Research and Treatment. Panelist, 21st

annual International OCD Foundation Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2014 Comparison of Two Strategies For Promoting Exercise As An

Augmentation to CBT in a Partial Hospital Program. In symposium titled Adding Physical Activity to Your Clinical Practice: Models, Methods, and Mechanisms. Paper to be presented in November 2014 with Hearon, B., Beard, C., Lee, J., & Otto, M.W., 48th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

2014 Mechanism of Change in a Partial Hospitalization Program:

Comparisons Across CBT, DBT, and ACT Mediators. In symposium titled Implementing and Testing Evidence-Based Practices in Routine Clinical Settings: Outcomes in Three Partial Hospital Programs Paper to be presented in November 2014 with Webb, C., Hearon, B., Trueba, A., Beard, C., & Lee, J., 48th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

International 1994 Risky health and safety habits related to the perceived value of the future.

In G. J. S. Wilde (Chair), Risk Homeostasis Theory: Current Perspective. Symposium conducted at the 23rd International Congress of Applied Psychology, Madrid, Spain.

1996 Individual differences in the perceived value of the future and reckless

driving. Symposium conducted with G. Wilde at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Valencia, Spain.

2003 Catatonic but not schizophrenic: An intensive CBT for a misdiagnosed

patient. Paper presented at the Anxiety Rounds at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorder Association of America, Toronto, Canada.

2006 Cognitive-behavioral therapy for treatment refractory OCD and other

anxiety disorders: Outcome data from a specialized hospital program.

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Paper presented in R. L. Munich & T. Björgvinsson (Chairs), Symposium, The Problem of Outcomes With the Difficult-to-Treat Patient, American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

2006 Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. Paper

presented at the 1st Neuroscience Colloquium, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2008 Pediatric OCD: Dissemination problems and effective treatment options.

Panel discussion with B. Riemann and E. Storch at the 6th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy.

2010 Examining treatment outcome in the context of a partial hospital program:

Understanding the challenges associated with conducting research in a naturalistic setting. Panel presentation with R. Auerbach, D. Rosmarin & J. Wang at the 6th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.

2011 Hópmeðferð við félagsfælni: Árangur og þróun meðferðar (Group

treatment for social phobia: Effectiveness and development of treatment). Paper presented with Sóley Dröfn Davíðsdóttir, Sigurbjörg Jóna Ludvigsdóttir, Sigurður Viðar, Helena Jónsdóttir, Unnur Jakobsdóttir Smári, and Jakob Smári at the annual meeting of the Icelandic Psychological Association, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2011 OCD Treatment. Symposium Chair. Three talks (two from Norway and

one from Germany delivered) at the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2011 Profiles of Anxiety: Demographics, Individual Differences Factors,

Quality of Life Impact and Treatment Outcomes around the World. Paper presented with Kertz, S, Rosmarin, D., & Bigda-Peyton, J., at a symposium (Panayiotou, G., Chair) with five presentations from Cyprus, Iceland and USA. At the annual conference of the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2011 Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

(CBGT) in the Treatment of Social Phobia: Open Clinical Trial in Iceland. Paper presented with Jónsdóttir, H., Davíðstóttir, S., Ludviksdóttir, S., & Viðar, S., at a symposium (Chair: Panayiotou, G.) with five presentations from Cyprus, Iceland and USA. At the annual conference of the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2011 Anticipating Treatment Pitfalls when treating Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder: Special focus on Intensive Treatments. Panel presented with Van Kirk, N., Blair-West, S., & Kirby, H., at the annual conference of the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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2011 The effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for affective disorders in an acute naturalistic setting. Grand rounds conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2011 Incorporating clinical assessments and treatment outcome studies in dual

diagnoses partial hospital program. Presentation given to administrative and clinical staff at the National Rehabilitation Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2012 Intensive CBT for Treatment Refractory OCD. Grand rounds conducted

at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (previously titled Royal Ottawa Hospital), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2012 Predictors of Treatment Response in Brief, Intensive Cognitive Behavioral

Therapy for Acute Anxiety. Paper presented with Sarah Kertz, Andri Björnsson, Katrina McCoy, & Josephine Lee at symposium titled “Anxiety Disorders in the Real World: Correlates of Anxiety that can Enlighten Treatment” (Chair: Georgia Panayiotou). Presented at the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Geneva, Switzerland.

2012 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Invited Talk (through Skype) at two-day psychodynamic workshop conducted at the Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2012 Essential features of dual diagnoses partial hospital program.

Presentation given to administrative and clinical staff at the National Rehabilitation Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2013 Refining Melancholia: Blunted mood reactivity to positive events is

associated with impaired reward processing and poorer treatment response. Paper presented with Dan Foti and Greg Hajack at symposium titled “Reward processing dysfunction in depression: From anticipation, to consummation, to memory” (Chair: Kerstin Krinkmann; Discussant: Greg J. Siegle). Presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Florence, Italy.

2013 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Educational Session: State of the art.

Lecture conducted at the XX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, Geneva, Switzerland.

2014 Treating OCD: Exposure and Response Prevention. Four-hour workshop

conducted with Szu-Hui Lee, PhD at the inauguration of IOCDF affiliate in Japan titled: OCD Japan, Tokyo, Japan.

2014 Health Anxiety/Hypochondriasis: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and

Transcultural Adaptation. A lecture conducted with Szu-Hui Lee, PhD at

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the 20th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

2014 Examining the Mediational Role of Experiential Avoidance in Alexithymia

and Emotion Regulation. In symposium titled Alexithymia, emotion processing and regulation and psychological symptomatology. A paper presented with J. Lee, B. Hearon, & C. Beard, C. Symposium, at the annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) conference, The Hague, Netherlands.

2014 Moving from an anxiety disorder to an obsessive compulsive spectrum

related disorder: Challenges to our clinical and research approaches to OCD. A round table discussion conducted with E. Tsalamanios, F. Gonidakis & G. Kiosterakis at a joint congress event consisting of the World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference on Intersectional Collaboration, the Fifth European Congress of the International Neuropsychiatric Association and the Second Interdisciplinary Congress on Psychiatry and Related Sciences. Sponsored by Greek Association for Behavioral Research, Athens, Greece.

Report of Education of Patients and Service to the Community "No activities below were sponsored by outside entities" 2000 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Schizophrenia. A lecture given for

the Community Residence Program to patients and their families at Family Day at the Community Residence Program, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas.

2001 Intensive Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: What is it and is it for you?

Lecture given with J. Hart to patients at the 8th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Denver, Colorado.

2003 Family and OCD: Disentangling OCD from family interactions.

Workshop conducted for patients and their families with C. Boudouvas at the 10th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

2004 Patients and a therapists perspective: Obstacles and challenges in

intensive treatment for severe OCD. Educational seminar presented with J Fiedler & E. McIngvale at the 11th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

2004 In the Transition Zone: Workshop for parents of adult children with OCD

living at home. Workshop conducted with J. Hart at the 11th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

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2005 The adult OCD sufferer living at home: a family workshop. Workshop conducted with J. Hart at the 12th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, San Diego, California.

2006 Family and OCD – Disentangling OCD from family interactions.

Workshop conducted with D. Powell and R. Azzouz at the 13th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

2006 The adult OCD sufferer living at home: A family workshop. Workshop

conducted with J. Hart at the 13th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

2009 Life after OCD – Now what? Panel discussion and open Q and A for

patients conducted with B. Van Noppen, C. Boudouvas, P. Merlin, M. Pato & A. Wagner at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2009 Working together to quiet OCD: Expressed Emotions, Family

Accommodation and Behavior Contracting – Part II. Workshop for OCD sufferers and their families conducted with B. Van Noppen, C. Boudouvas, P. Merlin, M. Pato, A. Wagner & F. Sapp at the 16th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2010 Coping Skills for People with OCD. Lecture given at the Obsessive

Compulsive & Related Disorders Les Grodberg Memorial Lecture Series, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

2010 Life after OCD – Now what? Panel discussion and open Q and A for

patients conducted with B. Van Noppen, P. Merlin, M. Pato & A. Wagner at the 17th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

2011 The basics to Understanding and Treating OCD. A lecture given at the

OCD Texas Support & Advocacy Quarterly Meeting sponsored by IOCDF, Houston, Texas.

2011 Culturally Sensitive Treatment of OCD around the Globe: An

International Panel. Chair of an international panel of presenters from around the world, O. Ben-Arush (Israel), S. Blair-West (Australia), J. Elias (El Salvador), E. Stewart (Canada), J. Wang (China) and M. Horikosshi (Japan) at the 18th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA.

2011 Life after OCD. Panel discussion and open Q and A for patients conducted

with B. Van Noppen, P. Merlin, M. Pato, F. Sapp, & A. Wagner at the 18th annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA.

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2012 OCD 101: Introduction to OCD treatment. A lecture given at the OCD Texas Support & Advocacy Quarterly Meeting sponsored by IOCDF, Houston, Texas.

2013 OCD 101: The basics to Understanding and Treating OCD. A lecture

given at the OCD Texas Support & Advocacy Quarterly Meeting sponsored by OCD Texas and IOCDF, Houston, Texas.

Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings

1993 to 1996 1. Björgvinsson, T., & Thompson, A. P. (1993, August). Cross-cultural stability of

Basic Personality Inventory scale and factor structure. Poster session presented at the 101st annual convention of the American Psychology Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2. Björgvinsson, T., & Thompson, A. P. (1994, July). Evaluation of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory using a bilingual population. Poster session presented at the XII International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Pamplona, Spain.

3. Björgvinsson, T., & Thompson, A. P. (1996, August). Strengths and limitations of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory. Poster session presented at the XXVI International Congress of Psychology, Montreal, Canada.

2000

4. Björgvinsson, T., & Hart, J. (2000, October). Intensive treatment protocol applied to pathological skin picking - Single Case. Poster presented at the 34th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.

5. Björgvinsson, T., Bram, A., & Hart, J. (2000, October). Open ended Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Phobia. Poster presented at the 34th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2005

6. Björgvinsson, T., Powell, D., Anderson, H., Hart, J., & Stanley, M. (2005, November). Intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy for severe and treatment refractory OCD: Outcome data from a specialized hospital program. Poster presented at the 39th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Washington, DC.

2006

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7. Chasson, G., Wetterneck, G., Webb, S., Powell, D., Hart, J., Stanley, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2006, November). Characteristics of inpatients with treatment refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Poster presented at the 40th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral And Cognitive Therapies Convention, Chicago, Il.

8. Sharp, C., Hart, J., Björgvinsson, T., Chasson, G., & Stanley, M. (2006, November). Empathizing and Systemizing in OCD. Poster presented at the 40th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral And Cognitive Therapies Convention, Chicago, Il.

2007

9. Björgvinsson, T., Wetterneck, C. T., Entricht, T. L., Hart, T., Heffelfinger, S., Chasson, G., Powell, D. M., Webb, S. A., & Stanley, M. A. (2007, November). The role of well being in OCD: Is it the First Step in the Model for Change? Poster presented at the 41st annual convention of the Association for Behavioral And Cognitive Therapies Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

10. Sylvester, B., Entricht, T., Wetterneck, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2007, November). The relationships among Acceptance, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Depression in severe OCD. Poster presented at the 41st annual convention of the Association for Behavioral And Cognitive Therapies Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

11. Rosqvist, J., Björgvinsson, T., Wilkinson, J., Osborn, A., Kollesar, M., & Jenks, A. (2007, November). Guiding chronic, severe, and refractory OCD patients through psychosurgery: Clinical analysis of stepped-care fit with ERP. Poster presented at the 41st annual convention of the Association for Behavioral And Cognitive Therapies Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

12. Björgvinsson, T., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., Webb, S. A., Powell, D. M., Azzouz, R., Entricht, T. L., Chasson, G. S., Heffelfinger, S., Davidson, J. E., & Stanley, M. A. (2007, March). Treatment outcome for adolescent OCD in an inpatient setting. Poster presented at the 27th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, St. Lois, MO.

13. Heffelfinger, S., Chasson, G. S., Haslam-Hopwood, G. T., Plamondon, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2007, March). Inter-rater agreement between self- and clinician-reports of the Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale in inpatients. Poster presented at the 27th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, St. Louis, MO.

2008

14. Hart, J, Powell, D., Entricht, T, Garnaat, S., Azzouz, R., Sharp, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, March). Presence of Anger Levels in an Inpatient Population with OCD: Changes Following Intensive CBT. Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

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15. Hart, J., Powell, D., Garnaat, S., Entricht, T., & Björgvinsson, T. (March, 2008). Relationship of Personality Variables and Treatment Outcome Measures for Inpatients with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

16. Hart, J., Daniel, J., Powell, D., Entricht, T., Björgvinsson, T. (2008, March). The Role of Reactive and Autogenous Obsessions in the Intensive Treatment of Severe OCD. Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

17. Wetterneck, C., Powell, D., Entricht, T., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, March). Obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and symptoms of depersonalization or psychosis: Differential diagnosis and treatment in a single case study. Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

18. Wuyek, L., Hart, J., Garnaat, S., Haslam-Hopwood, T., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, March). Convergent Validity of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30). Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

19. Wuyek, L., Hart, J., Garnaat, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, March). Metacognitions and Thought Control Strategies in an Inpatient Population with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 28th annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Savannah, GA.

20. Björgvinsson, T. Garnaat, S., Hart, J., Daniel, J., Powell, D., & Entricht, T. (2008, August). Reactive and Autogenous Obsessions in Severe OCD. Poster presented at the 15th annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

21. Calleo, J., Björgvinsson, T., Hart, J., Webb, S., & Stanley, M. (2008, November). Obsession and Worry Beliefs in an Inpatient OCD Population. Poster presented at the 42nd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Orlando, Florida.

22. Garnaat, S., Wilson, K., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, November). Relations Between Methods of Thought Control and Symptom Reduction in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 42nd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Orlando, Florida.

23. Wuyek, L., Hart, J., Garnaat, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, November). Changes in Metacognition and Thought Control Strategies Following Intensive Inpatient CBT for Treatment Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 42nd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Orlando, Florida.

24. Barrera, T., Wilson, K., Hart, J., Powell, D., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, November). Neuropsychological Functioning as Measured by the RBANS in Inpatients with

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Anxiety Disorders. Poster presented at the 42nd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Orlando, Florida.

25. Wilson, K., Garnaat, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2008, November). Experiential Avoidance and Symptom Reduction in Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 42nd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Orlando, Florida.

2009

26. Garnaat, S. L., Brown, K., & Björgvinsson, T. (March, 2009). What is perfectionism? In search of the perfect answer. Poster presented at the 29th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

27. Brown, K., Garnaat, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (March, 2009). Relationship between dimensions of perfectionism and OCD symptoms. Poster presented at the 29th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

28. Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2009, March). Obsessive compulsive personality traits: How are they related to OCD severity and treatment outcome? Poster presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

29. Grogan, J., Garnaat, S, Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2009, March). Personality dimensions as predictors of treatment outcome for patients with anxiety disorders completing specialized inpatient CBT treatment. Poster presented at the 29th annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

30. Smith, A., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2009, March). Relationship between perfectionism, obsessions, and experiential avoidance in an inpatient population. Poster presented at the 29th annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

31. Hart, J., Smith, A., Björgvinsson, T., & Wetterneck, C. (2009, March). The Relationship between the OMNI Personality Inventory Neuroticism Scale and standard measures of negative affect. Poster presented at the 29th annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

32. Wheaton, M., Berman, N. C., Mahaffey, B. L., Abramowitz, J., Deacon, B., Olatunji, B., Timpano, K. R., McGrath, P. B., Riemann, B., Adams, T. G., Björgvinsson, T., Storch, E., & Hale, L. (2009, November). Reliability and Validity of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Poster presented at the 43rd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York City, NY.

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33. Mahaffey, B.L., Abramowitz, J., Deacon, B., Olatunji, B., Wheaton, M., Berman, N. C., Timpano, K. R., McGrath, P. B., Riemann, B., Adams, T. G., Björgvinsson, T., Storch, E., & Hale, L. (2009, November). The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale: Development, Factor Analysis, and Reliability. Poster presented at the 43rd annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York City, NY.

2010

34. DePue, S., Little, T., Smith, A., Wetterneck, C.T., Hart, J.M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010, April). Differences in OCD Severity and Treatment Outcome due to Dimensional Characteristics of OCPD. Poster presentation presented at the 16th Annual Student Conference for Research and Creative Arts at University of Houston- Clear Lake, Houston, TX.

35. Cohane, G., Meade, A., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010, May). Mindfulness, Mediation, and GAD: Models, Research, and Future Directions. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Association of Applied Psychological Sciences, Boston, MA.

36. Chasson, G.S., Björgvinsson, T., Elias, J., Shaw,A., Hamlin, C., & Stewart, S. E. (2010, June). Obsession Subtypes in Severe and Treatment-Refractory OCD. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Boston.

37. Chasson, G.S., Wetterneck, C.T., Hart, J., Stanley, M.A., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010, November). Classification of OCD patients into obsession subtypes using discriminant function analysis. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Francisco, California.

38. Wetterneck, C.T., Chasson, G.S., Little, T.E., Smith, A.H., Hart, J.M., Björgvinsson, T., & Stanley, M.A. (2010, November). The relationship between dimensional characteristics of OCPD and OCD severity and treatment outcome. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Francisco, California.

39. Smith, A.H., Wetterneck, C.T., Chasson, G., Hart, J.M., Björgvinsson, T., & Stanley, M. (2010, November). Perfectionism and experiential avoidance in moderate to severe obsessive compulsive disorder. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Francisco California.

40. Wetterneck, C.T., Hart, J.M., Smith, A.H., Björgvinsson, T., Riemann, B., & Manos, R. (2010, July). Social cognition and therapeutic alliance in the treatment of severe OCD. Poster presented at the 18th Annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

41. Hart, J.M., Smith, A.H., Wetterneck, C.T., & Björgvinsson, T. (2010, July). The role of alexithymia and emotion regulation in severe OCD. Poster presented at the 18th

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Annual International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Conference, Washington, DC.

2011

42. Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Kertz, S.J., Rosmarin, D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, January). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressive Symptoms: The moderating role of worry. Poster presented at 2nd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

43. Björgvinsson, T., Schreck, M., Goines, J., Rosmarin, D.H., Kopeski, L., Auerbach, R.P., & Bigda-Peyton, J.S. (2011, January). Examining Treatment Outcomes in the Context of a Partial Hospital Program: Preliminary Data on the Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Affective Disorders. Poster presented at 2nd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

44. Goines, J., Libben, M., Kuller, A., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, January). The Relationship Between CBT Skills and Insight Among Psychotic Patients. Poster presented at 2nd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

45. Krompinger, J.W., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Rosmarin D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, January). Dispositional emotion regulation is related to symptom severity and predicts CBT skill acquisition in an acute psychiatric setting. Poster presented at 2nd annual meeting of McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

46. Rosmarin, D.H., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Auerbach, R.P., Björgvinsson, T., & Levendusky, P.G. (2011, January). Integrating Spirituality into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in an Acute Psychiatric Setting: A Pilot Study. Paper presented at 2nd annual meeting of McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

47. Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Kertz, S.J., Rosmarin, D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, March). Does worry mitigate or enhance the effect of CBT on depressive symptoms? Poster presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

48. Chasson, G. S., Chaban, N., Kratz, C., Swerbilow, J., Wetterneck, C. T., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, March). Metacognition across the subtypes of obsessive compulsive disorder. Poster presented at 31st Annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America conference, New Orleans, LA.

49. Singer, T., Chasson, G. S., Wetterneck, C. T., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, March). Emotion regulation strategies in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder. Poster presented at 31st Annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America conference, New Orleans, LA.

50. Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Rosmarin, D.H., Kertz S.J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Cognitive, Behavioral, or Both? Mechanisms of Change in an Acute, Depressed Sample. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

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51. DeAmicis, A., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Rosmarin, D.H., McCue, A., Tang, J., &

Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Symptom Presentation and Treatment Outcomes in Student and Non-student Patients in a Partial Hospital Setting. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

52. Kertz, S.J., Bigda-Peyton, J., Rosmarin, D., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a Partial Hospital Setting: Prevalence, Associated Distress, and Influence on Treatment Outcome. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

53. Krompinger, J.W., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Rosmarin D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). The importance of emotion regulation to symptom severity: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy skill acquisition in an acute psychiatric setting. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

54. Libben, M., Kuller, A., Goines, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychotic symptoms: What role does insight play? Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

55. McCue, A., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Yi-Ping-Tang, J., DeAmicis, A., Rosmarin, D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Gender Differences in Treatment Response for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder in a CBT-Based Partial Hospital Program. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

56. Hu, Y., Van Kirk, N., Rosmarin, D., Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). Can insight in OCD be meaningfully assessed through self-report? Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

57. Yi-Ping-Tang, J., Smith, N., DeAmicis, A., McCue, A., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Rosmarin, D.H., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). The Effectiveness of CBT Treatment in a Partial Hospital Setting Among Multicultural Patients. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

58. Pinder-Amaker, S., Bell, C., Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). The Behavioral

Health College Focus: Outcomes and Implications for Future Treatment. Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

59. Little, T., Wetterneck, C., Chasson, G., & Björgvinsson, T. (2011, November). The

relationships between Personality Disorder Dimensions and OCD Severity. Poster

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presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

2012

60. Björgvinsson, T., Kertz, J., Rosmarin, D.H., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., Kopeski, L., &

Menninger, E. (2012, January). Effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Severe Mood Disorders. Poster presented at 3rd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

61. Rosmarin, D., Bigda-Peyton, J., Kertz, S., Smith, N., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012,

January). Faith in Treatment and God: Spiritual Belief is Associated with Perceived Treatment Credibility/Expectancy and Better Psychiatric Treatment Outcomes. Poster presented at 3rd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

62. Pinder-Amaker, S., Bell, C., Björgvinsson, T. (2012, January). The Behavioral Health College Focus: Outcomes and Implications for Future Treatment. Poster presented at 3rd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

63. Kertz, S., Bigda-Peyton, J., Rosmarin, D., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012, January). Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a Partial Hospital Setting: Prevalence, Associated Distress, and Influence on Treatment Outcome. Poster presented at 3rd annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

64. Rosmarin D., Bigda-Peyton J., Smith N., Kertz S. & Björgvinsson T. (2012, March) Faith in treatment and God: Spiritual belief is associated with perceived treatment credibility/ expectancy and better psychiatric treatment outcomes. Poster presented at Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day.

65. Singer, T., Chasson, G. Wetterneck, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012, April). Emotion

Regulation Strategies in individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the Maryland Psychological Association for Graduate Students Convention, Columbia, MD.

66. Van Kirk, N., Hu, Yu-Pei., Rosmarin, D., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012, July).

Evaluation of the Houston Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Insight Inventory in a residential treatment program. Poster presented at the 19th annual International OCD Foundation conference, Chicago, Il.

67. Van Kirk, N., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012, July). Preliminary evaluation of an OCD-

specific Self-efficacy scale: The Houston Self-Efficacy Scale. Poster presented at the 19th annual International OCD Foundation conference, Chicago, Il.

68. Steinberg, D., VerPloeg, T., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012,

July). Examining the relationship between treatment expectations and social support in OCD. Poster presented at the 19th annual International OCD Foundation conference, Chicago, Il.

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69. Martinelli, M., Chasson, G., Weterneck, C., Hart, J., Stanley, M., & Björgvinsson, T. (2012, November). Perfectionism dimensions as predictors of OCD symptom dimensions. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.

2013

70. Cohen, M., Beard, C., Lee, J., Weiss, R.B., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, January). Patient Characteristics and Treatment expectancy. Poster to be presented at 4th annual meeting of McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

71. Lee, J., Weiss, R.B., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, January). Predictors of Treatment Response Among Diagnostic Subgroups in Brief, Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Acute Anxiety. Poster to be presented at 4th annual meeting of McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

72. Björgvinsson, T., Cohen, M., Lee, J., Weiss, R.B., & Beard, C. (2013, January). Naturalistic Treatment Outcome Research in a Partial Hospital Program: Methodology, Implementation, and Integration with Clinical Care. Poster to be presented at 4th annual meeting of McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

73. Harrison, L., Rinehart, K., Lee, E., Chasson, G., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., Kertz, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, April). Sudden Gains in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Symptoms in Patients with Severe Symptom Presentation. Poster presented at 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

74. Osegueda, A., Wetterneck, C., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, April). Sexual Obsessions in OCD: Effects on Depression and Suicidal Ideation. Poster presented at 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

75. Weiss, R., Lee, J., Cohen, M., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, April). Prevalence and Predictors of Sudden Gains in a Psychiatrically Acute Naturalistic Treatment Sample. Poster presented at 33rd annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, La Jolla, CA.

76. Hong, J. H., Bravo, M. M., Lee, E. B., Wetterneck, C. T., Hart, J. M., &

Björgvinsson, T. (2013, July). Evaluation of The Copperfield-Clear Lake Screener in Determining Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Presented at the 20th annual meeting of the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation, Atlanta, GA.

77. Rinehart, K.L., Harrison, L.E., Springer, K., Chasson, G.S., Van Kirk, N., Lee, E., Wetterneck, C.T., Hart, J., Kertz, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, July). Sudden Gains in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms in patients with severe symptom presentation: A pilot study. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Atlanta, GA.

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78. Van Kirk, N. Clum, G., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, July). Predictive ability of symptom function for treatment outcome in OCD: A preliminary evaluation. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of International OCD Foundation, Atlanta, GA.

79. Reidler, E., Woodward, E., Perkins, S., Reed, I., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, November). Differences in depressive symptoms between individuals diagnosed with and without Borderline Personality Disorder in a partial hospital setting. Poster presented at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

80. Foti, D., Gironde, S., Lee, J., Hajcak, G., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, November). Impaired mood reactivity to positive events as a core feature of melancholic depression: Links with neurobiological dysfunction and treatment response. Poster presented at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

81. Cohen, M., Beard, C., Lee, J., Weiss, R., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013, November). Patient characteristics and treatment expectancy. Poster presented at the 47th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN.

2014

82. Garner, L., Stein, A., Beard, C. & Björgvinsson, T. (2014, January). Assessing

Treatment Fidelity in a Naturalistic Treatment Setting. Poster presented at the 5th annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

83. Stein, A., Lee, J., Hearon, B., Montana, R., Kopeski, L., Björgvinsson, T., & Beard, C. (2014, January). Predictors of Treatment Non-response in an Intensive CBT Partial Hospital. Poster presented at the 5th annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

84. Rosmarin, D., Shassian, B., Forester, B., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014, January).

Interest in Spiritually Integrated Treatment among Acute Psychiatric Patients. Poster presented at the 5th annual McLean Hospital Research Day, Belmont, MA.

85. Ran, D., Kertz, S., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014, March). Intolerance of Uncertainty across Emotional Disorders. Poster presented at 34th annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago Il.

86. Rinehart, K., Stevens, K., Kertz, S., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014, July). Using a CBT and ACT Lens To Examine Outcome and Life Satisfaction in Patients With Severe OCD. Poster presentation, 21st annual International OCD Foundation Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

87. Stevens, K., Rinehart, K., Spellman, M., Kertz, S., Hart, J., & Björgvinsson, T. (2014, July). A Preliminary Investigation of OCD Symptom Dimensions and

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Psychological Flexibility. Poster presentation, 21st annual International OCD Foundation Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

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