Nicole Altenberg, B.S.

INVITED BOOK CHAPTER

Smith, E. B., McGrath, A., Mangin, J., & Altenberg, N. (2023, December). Chapter 3: Psychoanalytic theory. In Castleberry, J. & Flynn, S. (Eds.), Counseling theories.

Peer- Reviewed Publications

Reyes, N., Altenberg, N., Jaramillo, J., Schrimshaw, E., Martinez, O., Rodríguez-Diaz, C., Saber, R., Safren, S.A., Santiago Rodriguez, E., Soto-Malave, R., Schrimshaw, E., SOMOS Alianza, Harkness, A. (2026). Implementation Determinants of Scaling up and Disseminating HIV-Prevention and Treatment Services to Latino MSM in Three Ending the HIV Epidemic Priority Jurisdictions: A Rapid Qualitative Analysis. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-026-05205-3

Harkness, A., Reyes, N., Shrader, C.H., Tidd, M., Altenberg, N., Carrasquillo Sánchez, G., Cruz Gerena, A., Doblecki-Lewis, S., Jaramillo, J., Ledain, R., Soto-Malave, R., Martinez, O., Prado, G., Rodríguez-Diaz, C., Saber, R., Safren, S., Santiago Rodriguez, E., Soto-Malave, R., Schrimshaw, E. (2026). A Strategic Alliance as an Implementation Strategy to Achieve Ending the HIV Epidemic Goals Among Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men: Florida and Puerto Rico, 2023. American Journal of Public Health 116(5), 619-624. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308390)

Harkness, A., Tidd, M., Doblecki-Lewis, S., Jaramillo, J., Prado, G., Malave, R. S., Martinez, O., Reyes, N., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Malavé Rivera, S., Safren, S., Smith, J. D., Sundararajan, R., Altenberg, N., Feaster, D., Limia, J., Saber, R., Schrimshaw, E. W., & Santiago-Rodriguez, E. (2026). Characterizing, protocolizing, and scaling up local adjunctive interventions and implementation strategies to enhance the reach of HIV-prevention and Mental Health/Substance Use Treatments: A Study Protocol. Implementation Science Communications. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-026-00877-3

Smith, E. B., Altenberg, N. (2025). The Experience of Countertransference in Play Therapy: A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Study. International Journal of Play Therapy.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

(*Denotes shared first authorship)

1. Altenberg, N., Whitton, S. W., Newcomb, M. E., (2026, November). Parental Relationship Conflict and Romantic Relationship Functioning Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women: Moderation by Partner Gender and Age. Poster accepted for presentation at the 60th Annual Convention of the American Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Baltimore, MD.

2. Altenberg, N., Whitton, S. W., Newcomb, M. E., (2026, August). Interparental Conflict and Destructive Relationship Conflict Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women. Poster accepted for presentation at the 10th National LGBTQ Health Conference, Chicago, IL.

3. Altenberg, N., & Erchull, M. J. (2026, March). Compounded Vulnerability: The Additional Weight of Minority Stress and Identity Abuse on Bi+ Women’s Psychopathology Symptoms Following Experiences of Sexual IPV. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Virtual.

4. Reyes, N., Altenberg, N., Sosa Antunez, Y., Safren, S., Harkness, A. (2025, May). The JUNTOS Referral Network: Enhancing a Web-Based App for Latino Sexual Minority Men Through Theater Testing and User Feedback. Symposium presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Prevention Research, Seattle, WA.

5. Harkness, A., Laporte, R.R., Reyes, N. Orozco, E., Moro, A., Altenberg, N., Rhoades, G. & Perry, N. (2024, November). Responding to Community Priorities: Pilot Test Results from an Adapted Relationship Education Program for Latino Sexual Minority Men in South Florida. In N. Perry (Chair), Identifying modifiable relationship factors to strengthen development and dissemination of health-focused interventions for sexual and gender minority people. Symposium presented at the 58th Annual Convention of the American Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

6. Altenberg, N., & Erchull, M. J. (2024, November). Who should I turn to? Bi+ women’s experiences of sexual IPV and psychopathology symptoms through differing support networks. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Convention of the American Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. (2024, April) Poster also presented at the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology Networking Event, Virtual.

7. Abdel-Muhsin, A., Granger, E., Mills, A., Shenk, N., Shifflett, S., Altenberg, N., Clift, T., Herring, X., Stil, S., Palmwood, E. (2024, March). Conflict avoidance moderates the impact of internalizing symptoms on post-breakup distress. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

8. Altenberg, N.,* Herring, X.,* Clift. T, Stil, S. & Palmwood, E. (2023, May). Ambivalent sexism impacts attitudes toward marital surname change decisions. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Convention, Washington, D.C.

9. Altenberg, N., & Erchull, M. J. (2023, April). Sexual IPV and psychopathology symptoms among LGBQ+ women. Poster presented at the Virginia Association for Psychological Science Convention, Alexandria, VA. (2023, April) Paper presented at the University of Mary Washington Psi Chi Research Symposium, Fredericksburg, VA.

10. Clift, T., Stil, S., Altenberg, N., Herring, X., & Palmwood, E. (2023, April). Heartbroken or healed? Breakup-related rumination and psychological distress. Paper presented at the Virginia Association for Psychological Science Convention, Alexandria, VA.

11. Altenberg, N., Clift, T., Costanza, T., Leonard, K., Pippin, G. (2022, April). The Influence of Priming Attachment on Mindfulness and the Moderating Roles of Emotion Regulation and Nonattachment. Poster presented at the University of Mary Washington Psi Chi Research Symposium, Fredericksburg, VA.