2023
Heather J. Muir, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, 2022-2023
Dissertation: Professional and personal humility in relation to between-therapist differences in effectiveness, 2023
Master's Thesis: Integrating responsive motivational interviewing with CBT for generalized anxiety disorder: Direct and indirect effects on interpersonal outcomes , 2019
2021
Brien J. Goodwin, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Institute of Living, 2020-2021
Dissertation: Interpersonal process differentiating patient–therapist dyads with high versus low convergence in alliance ratings, 2022
Master's Thesis: Patient motivational language as a predictor of symptom change, hazard of clinically significant response, and time to response in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder, 2019
Alice E. Coyne, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Charleston Consortium, 2020-2021
Dissertation: Therapist-level moderation of within- and between-therapist process-outcome associations, 2021
Master's Thesis: Patient-therapist convergence in alliance and session progress as predictors of outcome in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder, 2016
2019
Nicholas R. Morrison, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 2018-2019
Dissertation: Consensual qualitative research: Replicability of results and social reliability of process, 2019
Master's Thesis: The state of therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs, 2015
2017
Samantha L. Bernecker, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Mississippi Consortium (University of Mississippi Medical Center/G.V. [Sonny] Montgomery Veterans Administration Medical Center), 2016-2017
Dissertation: Testing a skills training course for use in a peer-delivered mental health intervention, 2017
Master's Thesis: Patient interpersonal and cognitive changes in relation to outcome in interpersonal psychotherapy for depression, 2012
2015
Rebecca Ametrano, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Boston Consortium, 2014-2015
Dissertation: The influence of expectancy persuasion techniques on socially anxious analogue patients’ treatment beliefs and therapeutic actions, 2015
Master's Thesis: Patient outcome expectations and credibility beliefs as predictors of the alliance and treatment outcome, 2011
2013
Joan DeGeorge, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Dartmouth Psychology Internship Program, 2012-2013
Dissertation: Individual differences in psychotherapy change among ethnic minority patients, 2013
Master's Thesis: Empathy and the therapeutic alliance: Their relationship and role in treatment outcome, 2008
2010
Lotte Smith-Hansen, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Internship: Adult Acute and Outpatient Services, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, 2009-2010
Dissertation: The influence of a therapist workshop in alliance strategies on client engagement: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy, 2010
Master's Thesis:Patient interpersonal factors and the therapeutic alliance in two treatments for bulimia nervosa, 2007
Current
Diego Barcala-Delgado, MS
2018
Katie Newkirk, PhD
2017
Genna Santorelli, MS
2016
Juan Martin Gomez Penedo (Visiting Student from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2014
Holly Laws, PhD
2011
Gregory MacEwen, PhD
2010
Paula Errazuriz, PhD
2007
Brian Stoessel, PhD
2020
Felicia Romano
2014
Erin L. McVicar
2025
Catherine Cunningham
Patient racial/ethnic differences in valuing therapist problem-specific effectiveness data for case assignment
2023
Ashleigh Frank
Outcome Expectation, Alliance, and Patient Improvement in Naturalistic Psychotherapy: Actor-Partner Mediational Pathways
2020
Kimberly Sikorski
Replicating patient-level moderators of IPT and CBT's comparative efficacy for depression
** Won the Psychology Department Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
2019
Sarina Carter
Within- and between-therapist changes in alliance quality as predictors of patient outcome in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder
2017
Robert Sommer
Existential isolation as a risk factor for clinical distress and negative beliefs about psychotherapy
** Won the Psychology Department Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
Katherine Davis
The indirect effect of alliance convergence on posttreatment outcome through homework compliance in two treatments for generalized anxiety
2016
Felicia Romano
Client autonomy as a mediator of long-term outcome in cognitive-behavioral therapy integrated with motivational interviewing for generalized anxiety
** Won the Psychology Department Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
2015
Emily Luukko
Alliance, subsequent change, and moderators of the alliance-outcome association in interpersonal psychotherapy for depression
2014
Kaitlin Banschback
Overcoming barriers to mental health treatment by shaping the intervention to the participant
2013
Tessa Nalven
The influence of expectancy persuasion techniques on socially anxious analogue patients’ treatment beliefs
2012
Mariel Adams
Patient characteristics as predictors of remission in interpersonal therapy for depression
** Won the Psychology Department Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
2010
Nicholas Morrison
The therapeutic alliance: Expert and student perspectives on current and ideal training practices
2009
Sofiya Penek
The influence of patient, therapist, and dyad characteristics on patients’ baseline and early treatment beliefs in naturally occurring psychotherapy
Kelley Bailey
The effects of an empathy intervention on treatment attitudes in an ethnic minority analog patient sample
2008
Elizabeth Schwaiger
Patient interpersonal impacts and the therapeutic alliance in interpersonal therapy for depression
2007
Ashley Klecak
Patient expectations, therapeutic alliance, and outcome in cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Analyzing a mediational pathway
2006
Taylor Buckley
The direct and interactive effects of attachment security, parental divorce, and parental conflict on relationship quality and intimacy in college students
** Won the Psychology Department Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
2005
Michelle Talenda
The direct and interactive effects of anxiety, close relationship quality, and interpersonal problems on scholastic performance in college
2025
Peehu Chhabra
Catherine Cunningham
Amshu Swamy
Maddie Valentino
2024
David Costello
Emily Elfman
Anaya Rohira
2023
Michael Doyle
Emilia Fonseca
Ashleigh Frank
Nicholas Hart
Heidi Kmetz
Nathaniel Santiago
Shannon Tracy
2022
Toyin Odugun
Carly Rosen
2021
Chayanne Chataigne
Caroline Stotz
2020
Lead Adler
Wyatt Caswell
Kristin Heideman
Tess Hill
Andrea Schlesinger
Kimberly Sikorski
Shiksha Singhania
Mariel Vahar
2019
Kaylie Arrowsmith
Sarina Carter
Lindsey Chiarelli
Matt Cieboter
Qin (Effy) Li
James McNamara
2018
Marcos Coli
Doreen Frimpong-Brago
Ayla Gioia
Yaeeun Ji
Timothy Lonergan
Marlee Suters
Julia Tager
2017
Emily Chrzanowski
Caitlin Cooney
Audrey Davis
Katherine Davis
Katherine Gnall
Justin Hillman
Ileana Marentes
Emma Rosier
Phoebe Rubinstein
Salime Salim
Shannon Slater
Robert Sommer
2016
Emma Batting
Robert Buoniconti
Kate Casler
Marilynn Hill
Patrick McGonigal
Chris Miller
Shristi Pant
Jeremy Papasodero
Felicia Romano
Nicole Titus
Ryan Webler
2015
Terence Howard
Emily Luukko
Samantha Prosser
2014
Kaitlin Banschback
Christina Colman
Brien Goodwin
Haruna Matsusa
Kaitlin Silkowitz
Brittany Stepton
2013
Lucia Viegas Barros
Sophia Burgess
Elizabeth DuToit
Stacy Ellenberg
Molly Fynn
Boone Gibson
Haruna Matsusa
Crystaltina Montagna
Tessa Nalven
Katherine Rosoff
Zachary Shoemaker
Lucia Viegas Barros
2012
Mariel Adams
James Doorley
Brittany Iles
Erin McVicar
Kristina Papa
Genevieve Proctor
McKenzie Smith
Sarah Thompson
Kristine Vincuilla
2011
Mariel Adams
William Anderson
Alina Gusev
Valerie Hines
Marianne Musk
McKenzie Smith
Chelsea Wakeham
Megan Yee
2010
Kristen Boudrow
Rachael Falk
Carter Fisher-Jump
Edward Gaiser
Jillian Guskin
Madeline Haynes
Elise Lehotsky
Nicholas Morrison
Garrett Sacco
2009
Kelley Bailey
Sarah Bekermus
Nancy Cavanaugh
Morgana Flaherty
Erica Kriendel
Sofiya Penek
Samantha Perry
Rachel Siehs
Elizabeth Worthy
2008
Eric Almeida
Kristin Iodice
Caitlyn O'Loughlin
Kristin Palasek
Alla Pekareva
Sue Retchin
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Schwaiger
2007
Nazita Gamini
Katie Haynes
Ashley Klecak
Angela Korniotes
Aaron Manier
Lindsay McGregor
Shayna Melberg
Sarah Pereira
David Romanelli
2006
Aaron Baker
Jaime Beloncik
Michael Bezreh
Taylor Buckley
Joan DeGeorge
Lacy Fleming
Rose Maranville
Jessica Pierce
Daniel Prevost
2005
Jess Allen
Alexis Falivena
Becky Hashim
Justin Smith
Michelle Talenda