CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Department of Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

3720 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-9619

Kevin Scott McCarthy

 

 

kmccarth@psych.upenn.edu

www.psych.upenn.edu/~kmccarth

 

 

Education

 

2007

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Anticipated PhD, Psychology

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 and Professional Affiliations

 

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

 

 

Academic Honors

 

2006

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

Phi Beta Kappa, Boston College, Omicron Chapter

National Honor Society for Liberal Arts

 

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

 

1998-2001

 

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

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

All Years

 

1997-2001

Dean’s List, First Honors

All Semesters

 

Fellowships

 

2000

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

 

 

Research Experience

 

1999-2001

Research Assistant, Psychology Laboratory of Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

  • Designed, conducted, and wrote several studies on sex differences in emotion
  • Performed longitudinal experience-sampling studies on the structure of emotion
  • Trained in the coding of verbal defensiveness in interviews

 

2000-2001

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

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  • Processed and managed computerized social science data sets for secondary analysis

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

2006

Instructor, Personality

University of Pennsylvania

 

2005

Instructor, Research Experience in Abnormal Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

2005

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

2004

Teaching Assistant, Personality

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

  • Guest Lecturer, Object Relations

 

2004

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

2004

Teaching Assistant, Animal Learning

University of Pennsylvania (Instructor:  Robert Rescorla, PhD)

 

2003

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Experimental Psychology

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

 

2003

Instructor, Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

 

2003

Teaching Assistant, Abnormal Psychology

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

  • Guest Lecturer, Pervasive Developmental Disorders

 

 

 

Clinical Experience

 

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

 

2004-2005

Diagnostic Interviewer

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

Supervisor:  Ellen Balze, 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

  • Conducted full assessments for a wide range of concerns
  • Administered and interpreted diagnostic, personality, aptitude, and neuropsychological measures

  

1999

Intern

Lenape Valley Mental Health Foundation

  • Self-designed internship assisting in all aspects of client services

 

 

Research Interests

 

Client and therapist perceptions of interventions in psychotherapy

Process of psychotherapy

Relationship patterns and interpersonal attraction

Gender stereotypes of emotion

Psychology of the arts

 

 

Publications and Presentations

 

2005

 

            Bliss-Moreau, E., Conner, T., McCarthy, K. S., & Feldman Barrett, L.  (2001).  Sex differences in emotion knowledge:  Availability or Accessibility?  Manuscript under review. 

 

Coché, J., Slowinski, J., McCarthy, K. S., & Galbraith, J.  (2005).  Couples Group Psychotherapy for Sexuality and Intimacy:  Intensive Treatment for Lifelong Change.  Group, in press.

 

Iacoviello B., McCarthy, K. S., 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.  Manuscript in preparation, University of Pennsylvania.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., Barber, J. P.  (2004).  Measuring relationship tendencies by self-report:  The Central Relationship Questionnaire.  Manuscript under review.

 

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 35th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Montreal, Canada.

 

McCarthy, K. S., Iacoviello, B., Gallop, R., Barrett, M. S., Rynn, M., & Barber, J. P.  (2003).  The role of adherence to clinical management techniques in psychopharmacotherapy.  Manuscript in preparation, University of Pennsylvania

 

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 35th annual meeting for the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Montreal, Canada.

 

Rynn, M. A., Barber, J. P., Khalid-Khan, S., Siqueland, L., Dembiski, M., McCarthy, K. S., & Gallop, R.  (2005).  The psychometric properties of the MASC in a pediatric psychiatric sample.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, in press. 

 

 

2004

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

2003

 

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., Feldman Barrett, L., & Pietromonaco, P. R.  (2003).  Sex differences in affective responsivity.  Mansucript under review.

 

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.                                

 

 

2002

  

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

 

2002-2004

 

Graduate student representative, Advisory Council of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Center at the University of Pennsylvania. 

 

2003

 

Panel Member, “Preparing for Graduate School in Clinical Psychology.”  Hosted the Office of Career Services, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2002

 

Panel Member, “Graduate School in Psychology.”  Hosted by the Undergraduate Psychology Society, University of Pennsylvania.  Web accessible: http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/psychology/psychnov2002.rm

 

2001

 

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