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Barry Wagner, Lab Director
Barry Wagner, Lab Director
Dr. Wagner’s research is focused on factors that influence the developmental trajectories of children and adolescents, including both risk and resilience factors. Much of his work has focused on the family not only as a potential source of risk but also as a context for promoting positive adaptation. His work draws on a range of methodological approaches, including detailed coding of observed family interactions, qualitative analyses of family processes (including internalized representations of the family and of attachment processes), and quantitative analysis of reciprocal patterns of change over time. In recent years his focus has been on creating parenting and family interventions for promoting well-being among all family members, and various projects aimed at suicide prevention in adolescents and younger children. He was part of the faculty of Catholic University for over 30 years and retired in 2025. As a licensed clinical psychologist, he maintains a small private practice in Washington, DC.
Marcie Goeke-Morey, Faculty Collaborator
Dr. Goeke-Morey is a CUA faculty colleague who is a key collaborator with the Adolescents and Families Team on the Family Mindfulness project. More information about Dr. Goeke-Morey can be found on her faculty profile and lab pages.
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Lillian Foote
Lillian is a fifth-year Clinical Psychology doctoral student at CUA. Her interests are focused on studying adolescent development and family relationships, as well as developing and evaluating mindfulness-infused programs for bolstering adolescents' and families' resilience. Her dissertation, which examines processes by which a mindful parenting intervention acually influences parental behaviors, is currently in the approval process. In her free time, Lillian enjoys yoga, coaching high jump (as a retired high jumper!), and quality time with friends.
Lydia Smith
Lydia is a fourth-year doctoral student in CUA’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, with a focus in Children, Families, and Cultures (CFC). Her research interests center on how mindfulness and self-compassion improve relationships, communication, and well-being. Clinically, she intends to specialize in family, couples, and group therapy. Outside of the program, Lydia enjoys CrossFit, cooking, and playing video and board games.
Recent Alums
Recent Alums
Bridget Lynn
Bridget currently is a licensed clinical psychologist at Cognitive Behavioral Psychology in New York, where her areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, behavioral difficulties, and relationship problems in children, adolescents, and adults. She has received extensive training in DBT and CBT. She defended her dissertation in the spring of 2022 and completed a clinical postdoctoral fellowship at Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants, LLP in White Plains, NY. Prior to that, she completed a predoctoral internship as the unit therapist on an adolescent inpatient unit at Fairmount Behavioral Health System in Philadelphia, PA. As a graduate student, Bridget was an active contributor to the team's Family Mindfulness Project. For her dissertation, Bridget examined factors contributing to family resilience among families whose children attended Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs.
Andrew Connors
Andrew is a graduate of CUA's clinical Ph.D. program. He defended his dissertation in the spring of 2021. He is currently a licensed psychologist in private practice in New York, where he provides individual and couple therapy, with a particular strength in exposure-based approaches for OCD and anxiety. Prior to this, he completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Genesee Valley Psychology (GVP) in Rochester, NY in the DBT track. He completed his predoctoral internship at the Catholic University of America Counseling Center in 2021.
During his doctoral studies at CUA his research focused on expanding on/better defining relationships, commonalities, and differences between mindfulness/self-compassion and how mindfulness/self-compassion interventions directly affect relationship variable outcomes.
In his personal life, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, and when he can find the time, he enjoys playing guitar and being physically active in one capacity or another
Natalie Anderson
Natalie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, where she provides care from a CBT perspective, with a particular focus on mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions. She is also skilled at providing Exposure and Response Prevention for OCT and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. Prior to that, Natalie was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, and she completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Michigan Mary A. Rackham Institute (Adult Track). Natalie was an active contributor to the Family Mindfulness research team. Her dissertation focused on evaluating the effects of a brief mindful self-compassion intervention which she developed along with Rick Raymond.
Kesley Ramsey
Kesley is a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher, with expertise in treating and conducting research on Tourette Syndrome and chronic tic disorders, as well as OCD and anxiety disorders, in children, adolescents, and young adults. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Kennedy Krieger Institute as well as the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to that, Kesley was a postdoctoral fellows at the Johns Hopkins Center for the study of OCD, Anxiety, and Related Issues. She completed her clinical internship at Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health in Ohio.
Rick Raymond
Richard (Rick) Raymond is a clinical psychologist providing services to adults in New York and Philadelphia. He specializes in treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders, with additional expertise in mood disorders and trauma-based disorders. He draws on both CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in his work. Prior to that, Rick was a postdoctoral fellow at the Capital Institute for Cognitive Therapy in Washington, DC. In 2019 Riheck completed his predoctoral internship at the VA of Greater Los Angeles, Sepulveda campus, and successfully defend his dissertation, which used an experience sampling methodology to evaluate the effects of a brief mindful self-compassion intervention.
Alison Newcomer
Alison Newcomer is a licensed clinical psychologist who currently sees children, adolescents and families in private practice in Baltimore, MD. She specializes in the treatment of OCD and anxiety; parent and sleep coaching are additional areas of expertise. Alison has an extensive research background focusing on preventive intervention programs for children.
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