CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Kevin Scott McCarthy

 

Pennsylvania Hospital

245 S. 8th Street, Room 152

Manning Street Entrance

Philadelphia, PA 19107

 

Phone: (215) 829-7341

Fax: (866) 388-3038

Email: kmccarth@psych.upenn.edu

Web: www.psych.upenn.edu/~kmccarth

 

 

Education

 

2009

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Anticipated PhD, Psychology

APA Accredited Clinical Program

Advisor: Jacques P. Barber, PhD

 

2002

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

AM, Psychology

Thesis: The Validation of the Comprehensive Survey of Psychotherapeutic Interventions

Advisor: Jacques P. Barber, PhD

 

2001

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

AB, Psychology

Summa cum Laude

Thesis: Sex Differences in Emotion Knowledge: Supraliminally Priming Emotion Representations

Advisor: Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD

 

 

Academic Honors

 

2007

Graduate and Professional Student Association / Provost’s Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, $6000

Title: Validation of the Personal Norm of Reciprocity Measure for Persons with Mental Illness

Co-PI: Jason C. Matejkowski, MSW

 

2006

Travel Scholarship

American Group Psychotherapy Association

San Francisco, CA

 

2001

Scholar of the College, Boston College

Designation for outstanding honors thesis research

 

2001

Athletic Advisors’ Award for Academic Excellence, Boston College, NCAA Division I

Awarded to highest-ranked senior student-athlete

 

2001

Departmental Honors, Psychology, Boston College

 

2000

Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Boston College, $2700

 

2000

Phi Beta Kappa, Boston College, Omicron Chapter

 

2000

Dean’s Scholar, Boston College

Recognition of distinguished academic achievement

 

2000

Order of the Cross and Crown, Boston College

Intramural Honor Society for Service and Scholarship

 

1999

Psi Chi, Boston College

National Honor Society for Psychology

 

1999

Golden Key National Honor Society, Boston College

 

1997-2001

Academic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement, Boston College, NCAA Division I

Given to student-athletes for academic performance during the athletic season

 

1997-2001

Dean’s List, First Honors

 

 

Undergraduate Research Experience

 

1999-2001

Research Assistant, Psychology Laboratory of Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

 

2000-2001

Research Assistant, Henry A. Murray Research Center, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Spring 2008

Instructor, Research Experience in Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

Summer 2007

Instructor, Personality Theory

University of Pennsylvania

 

Summer 2007

Adjunct Professor, Personality Theory

Villanova University

 

Fall 2006

Instructor, Personality Theory

University of Pennsylvania

 

Fall 2006

Teaching Assistant, Animal Learning

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor: Robert Rescorla, PhD)

 

Summer 2006

Instructor, Personality Theory

University of Pennsylvania

 

Spring 2006

Instructor, Personality Theory

University of Pennsylvania

 

Fall 2005

Instructor, Research Experience in Abnormal Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

Summer 2005

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

Fall 2004

Teaching Assistant, Personality Theory

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor: David R. Williams, PhD)

  • Guest Lecturer, Object Relations

 

Summer 2004

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

Spring 2004

Teaching Assistant, Animal Learning

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor: Robert Rescorla, PhD)

 

Fall 2003

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Experimental Psychology

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor: Andrew J. Shatte, PhD)

 

Summer 2003

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

Spring 2003

Teaching Assistant, Abnormal Psychology

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor: Dean G. Cruess, PhD)

  • Guest Lecturer, Pervasive Developmental Disorders 

 

 


Clinical Experience

 

2008-2009

Psychological Intern

Department of Psychiatry, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

APA Accredited Internship

 

2007-2008

Psychodynamic Practicum

Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: David G. Mark, PhD

 

2007

Diagnostic Supervisor

Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA

 

2006-2007

Psychodynamic Externship

Department of Psychiatry, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Michael Kowitt, PhD

 

2006-Present

Diagnostic Interviewer

Psychotherapies for Panic Disorder Study, Center for Psychotherapy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and Weill/Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Supervisor: Brian Sharpless, PhD; Principal Investigators: Barbara Milrod, MD, & Jacques Barber, PhD

 

2005-2006

Couples and Group Psychotherapy Practicum

The Coché Center, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Judith Coché, PhD

 

2004-2005

Behavioral Therapy Practicum

Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Alan Goldstein, PhD

 

2005-Present

Diagnostic Interviewer

Treatments for Depression Study, Center for Psychotherapy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Ellen Balze, PhD; Principal Investigator: Jacques P. Barber, PhD

 

2004-2005

Diagnostic Interviewer

APEX Project, Center for Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Ellen Balze, PhD; Principal Investigator: Martin Seligman, PhD

 

2003-2004

Cognitive Therapy Practicum

Depression Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Robert DeRubeis, PhD

 

2002

Diagnostic Interviewer

September 11 Search and Rescue Canine Handler Study

Supervisor: Melissa Hunt, PhD

 

2002-2003

Assessment and Diagnosis Practicum

Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Supervisor: Melissa Hunt, PhD

 

1999

Intern

Lenape Valley Mental Health Foundation, Doylestown, PA

 

 

Research Interests

 

Client, therapist, and observer perceptions of interventions in psychotherapy

Adherence and competence in manualized treatments

Process of change in therapy and naturalistic settings

Relationship patterns and correlates to personality and interpersonal attraction

 

 

Publications

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (in press). The Multitheoretical List of Therapeutic Interventions (MULTI): Initial Report. Psychotherapy Research.

 

Matejkowski, J. C., McCarthy, K. S., & Draine, J. (2008). Personal norm of reciprocity among mental health service users: Conceptual development and measurement. Manuscript under review.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., & Barber, J. P. (2008). The relation of consistency in interpersonal patterns to symptoms and functioning: An investigation using the Central Relationship Questionnaire. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 346-358.

 

Barber, J. P., Sharpless, B. A., Klostermann, S., & McCarthy, K. S. (2007). Assessing Intervention Competence: A Review of Available Measures and the Relation Between Competence and Therapy Outcome. Professional Psychology, 38, 493-500.

 

Barber, J. P., Gallop, R., Crits-Christoph, P., Barrett, M. S., Klostermann, S., McCarthy, K. S., & Sharpless, B. A. (2007). The Role of the Alliance and Techniques in Predicting Outcome of Supportive-Expressive Dynamic Therapy for Cocaine Dependence. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 25, 461-482.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2007). Review of Ambivalence in Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 17, 504-506.

 


            Iacoviello B., McCarthy, K. S., Barrett, M. S., Rynn M. A., Gallop, R., & Barber, J. P. (2007). Treatment preferences affect the development of the therapeutic alliance: Implications for randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 194-198.

 

Coché, J., Slowinski, J., McCarthy, K. S., & Galbraith, J. (2006). Couples Group Psychotherapy for Sexuality and Intimacy: Intensive Treatment for Lifelong Change. Group, 30, 25-39.

 

Rynn, M.A., Barber, J. P., Khalid-Khan, S., Siqueland, L., Dembiski, M., McCarthy, K.S., & Gallop, R. (2006). The psychometric properties of the MASC in a pediatric psychiatric sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 139-157.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2004). Review of Leslie Greenberg’s Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Their Emotions. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 225-227.

 

 

Manuscripts in Preparation

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. Interpersonal patterns of hetero- and homosexual clients: Same Difference?

 

McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello, B., Gallop, R., Barrett, M. S., Rynn, M., & Barber, J. P. The role of adherence to clinical management techniques in psychopharmacotherapy: Relations to therapeutic alliance and compliance with treatment regimen.

 

 

Presentations

 

McCarthy, K. S. & Coche, J. A. (2008). Making an evidence base from practice: Good intentions, complications, and recommendations for group psychotherapists. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Washington, DC.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. What makes you think it’s so good?: Influences on clinicians’ treatment recommendations for clients. Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Barcelona, Spain.

 

Sharpless, B. A., McCarthy, K. S., Graf, L. P., Chambless, D. L., Milrod, B. L., & Barber, J. P. (2008). A Brief Report on the Development of a Semi-Structured Clinical Interview for Isolated Sleep Paralysis. Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Barcelona, Spain.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2007). Interpersonal patterns of hetero- and homosexual clients: Same Difference? Poster presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Madison, WI.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2006). No Instructions Needed: Psychometric Properties of the Comprehensive Survey of Psychotherapeutic Interventions Using Untrained Raters. Poster presented at the 36th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Gibbons, M. B., & Barber, J. P. (2006). The relation of consistency in interpersonal patterns to symptoms and functioning. Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello B., Barrett, M. S., Rynn M. A., Gallop, R., & Barber, J. P. (2005). Treatment Preferences Impact the Development of the Therapeutic Alliance: Implications for Randomized Controlled Trials. Paper presented at the 36th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Montreal, Canada.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Tzeng, J., & Barber, J. P. (2005). Interpersonal patterns and personality: Construct validity of the revised Central Relationship Questionnaire. Poster presented at the 36th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Montreal, Canada.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello, Gallop, R., Barrett, M. S., Rynn, M., & Barber, J. P. (2003). The role of adherence to clinical management techniques in psychopharmacotherapy. Paper presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Rome, Italy.

 

Iacoviello, B., McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2003). Receiving desired treatment impacts development of alliance. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Weimar, Germany.

 

McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2003). Measuring interpersonal tendencies by self-report: The Central Relationship Questionnaire. Poster presented at the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Workshop, Weimar, Germany.           

 

McCarthy, K.S., Iacviello, B. M., & Barber, J. P. (2003). The relation between adherence and alliance in psychopharmacotherapy. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Weimar, Germany.

 

            McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello, B., Wilson, C. W., Gallop, R., Barrett, M. S., Rynn, M., & Barber, J. P. (2003). The role of adherence to clinical management techniques in psychopharmacotherapy: Relations to therapeutic alliance and compliance with treatment regimen. Paper presented at the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Newport, Rhode Island.

 

Saporito, J. M., Barrett, M. S., McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello, B., & Barber, J. P. (2003). Predicting failure to attend an intake appointment. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Weimar, Germany.                        

 

McCarthy, K. S. & Barber, J. P. (2002). The validation of the Comprehensive Survey of Psychotherapy Interventions (CSPI). Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

Noble, R., Conner, T., McCarthy, K. S., & Feldman Barrett, L. (2002). Maybe men are from Mars: Testing a motivational account for sex differences in emotional awareness. Poster presented at the 3rd annual meeting for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.

 

 

Professional Service

 

2007

Panel Member, “Getting Into Graduate School.”

Hosted by the Honor’s Program, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2006

Panel Member, “Graduate School in Psychology.”

Hosted by the Undergraduate Psychology Society, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2003-2004

Graduate Student Representative (Elected)

Advisory Council, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center, University of Pennsylvania

 

2003-2004

Committee Member

Academic Affairs Committee, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center, University of Pennsylvania

 

2003

Panel Member, “Preparing for Graduate School in Clinical Psychology.”

Hosted by the Office of Career Services, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2002

Panel Member, “Graduate School in Psychology.” Hosted by the Undergraduate Psychology Society, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2001

Panel Member, “Graduate School in Psychology.” Hosted by the Undergraduate Psychology Society, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2001-2002

Mentor

Mentorship Program, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Academic and Professional Affiliations

 

Society for Psychotherapy Research; Society for Personality Assessment, American Group Psychotherapy Association

 

 

Ad Hoc Reviewer

 

Addictions, Psychotherapy Research, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology Review