Dianne L. Chambless, Ph.D.
Merriam Term Professor of Psychology
Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania



The Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

For information on the doctoral program in clinical psychology, please go to our web site.
If you have questions not covered by the web site, please contact Melissa Hunt, Ph.D., Associate Director of Clinical Training at mhunt@psych.upenn.edu.

Education History:
 

1979    Ph.D.    Clinical Psychology, Temple University
1972    M.A.    Psychology, Temple University
1969    B.A.     Political Science, Newcomb College of Tulane University

Address:

Dept. of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6196
USA

Telephone: 215-898-5030
Fax: 215-898-7301
E-mail: chambless@psych.upenn.edu

Courses Currently Taught:

Psychology 600-303, Proseminar in Psychopathology Psychology

Psychology 704, Research Methods in Clinical and Social Psychology

Psychology 709, Empirically Supported Therapies

Research Interests:

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

Selected Recent Honors

Selected Associate Editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006.

Award for Excellence in Research, Aaron T. Beck Institute for Cognitive Studies, Assumption College, 2006.

Mentoring Award, Section IV (Clinical Psychology of Women), Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association), 2002.

Florence Halpern Distinguished Professional Contributions Award, Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association), 2000.

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Research in Psychology, American Association for Applied and Preventive Psychology, 1998.

Selected Recent Publications

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.


Stewart, R. E., & Chambless, D. L. (2007). Does psychotherapy research inform treatment decisions in private practice? Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63, 267-281.

Chambless, D. L., Bryan, A. S., Aiken, L. S., Steketee, G., & Hooley, J. M. (2001). Predicting expressed emotion: A study with families of obsessive-compulsive and agoraphobic outpatients. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 225-240.

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

Chambless, D. L., & Steketee, G.  (1999). Expressed emotion and the prediction of outcome of behavior therapy: A prospective study with agoraphobic and obsessive-compulsive outpatients.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 658-665.

Chambless, D. L., & Hollon, S.  (1998). Defining empirically supported therapies.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 7-18.

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