Dianne Chambless | University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology

Merriam Term Professor of Psychology; Director of Clinical Training

Department:

Psychology

Education:

BA, Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Temple University

Address:

Solomon Labs, 3720 Walnut St., Room C23

Phone:

215-898-5030

Email:

dchamb@psych.upenn.edu

Personal Page

Research Themes:

Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

Specific Research Areas:

Anxiety disorders, expressed emotion, and empirically supported treatments

Research Synopsis:

Anxiety disorders, cognitive-behavior therapy, prediction of treatment outcome, especially by family relationship factors (expressed emotion), and identification and dissemination of empirically supported psychological interventions.

Dr. Chambless will be accepting new graduate students for admission in fall 2012.

Representative Courses:

PSYC 600 Psychopathology
PSYC 704 Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
PSYC 709, Clinical Seminar: Empirically Supported Treatments

Appointments:

Psychology Graduate Group

Advisees:

Rebecca Stewart [Psychology Graduate Student]
Eliora Porter [Psychology Graduate Student]
Alyson Zalta [Psychology Graduate Student]

Representative Publications:

Stewart, R.E., & Chambless, D.L. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult anxiety disorders in clinical practice: A meta-analysis of effectiveness studies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 595-606.

Chambless, D. L., Floyd, F. J., Rodebaugh, T. L., & Steketee, G. (2007). Expressed emotion and familial interaction: A study with agoraphobic and obsessive-compulsive patients and their relatives. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 754-761.

Siev, J., & Chambless, D. L. (2007). Specificity of treatment effects: Cognitive therapy and relaxation for generalized anxiety and panic disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 513-522.

Chambless, D. L., & Ollendick, T. H. (2001). Empirically supported psychological interventions: Controversies and evidence. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 685-716.