Overview
I am a clinical psychologist with a primary interest in outpatient interventions for difficulties managing emotional experiences that interfere with well-being. As a clinician, I specialize in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adults who report a variety of mental health problems, including personality, mood, anxiety, eating, trauma, stress-related, adjustment, and impulse control disorders. My approach to psychotherapy includes working …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2023 - Present
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Characterization of neural networks involved in transdiagnostic emotion dysregulation from a pilot randomized controlled trial of a neurostimulation-enhanced behavioral intervention.
Journal Article Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Emotional dysregulation is a serious and impairing mental health problem. We examined functional activity and connectivity of neural networks involved in emotional dysregulation at baseline and following a pilot neurostimulation-enhanced cognit ... Full text Link to item CiteAn experimental examination of neurostimulation and cognitive restructuring as potential components for Misophonia interventions.
Journal Article J Affect Disord · April 1, 2024 Misophonia is a disorder of decreased tolerance to certain aversive, repetitive common sounds, or to stimuli associated with these sounds. Two matched groups of adults (29 participants with misophonia and 30 clinical controls with high emotion dysregulatio ... Full text Link to item CiteIdentifying Optimal Parameters for Neuroscience-Informed Interventions for Misophonia
Preprint · June 29, 2023 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Neurostimulation Enhanced Cognitive Restructuring for Transdiagnostic Emotional Dysregulation: A component Analysis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2027Insular Connectomic Mechanisms of Emotion Dysregulation and Neuromodulation
FellowshipAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027FlexED: A Digital, Gamified Early Intervention for Eating Disorders based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Washington ·
2012
Ph.D.