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Stefan G. Hofmann, Ph.D., University of Marburg

   

Professor, Director, Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL).

Dr. Stefan G. Hofmann is a Professor in the clinical program where he directs the social anxiety program at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. His main research questions include the following:
(1) Why are psychological treatments, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, effective for anxiety disorders? What is the mechanism of treatment change, and what are the active ingredients? How can these treatments be improved further?
(2) How can we translate knowledge from basic neuroscience into clinical techniques to enhance therapies for anxiety disorders?
(3) What are the culture-specific expressions of mental disorders, and how can psychological treatments be made more culturally sensitive in order to enhance their efficacy, dissemination, and acceptability?
(4) What are the effects of emotion regulation strategies on anxiety and subjective well-being?
(5) What is the psychopathology of social phobia (social anxiety disorder)? Are there any meaningful subgroups?

He published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and books, including "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Social Anxiety Disorder: Evidence-Based and Disorder-Specific Treatment Techniques,""From Social Anxiety to Social Phobia: Multiple Perspectives," "Treating Chronic and Severe Mental Disorders: A Handbook of Empirically Supported Interventions," and "The Art and Science of Psychotherapy." He is also co-developer of the Self-Statements during Public Speaking Test and the Driving Cognitions Questionnaire.



 
Email:   shofmann@bu.edu, Office Phone (617) 353-9233, Fax Phone (617) 353-9609  
 
Interests:   social phobia, psychophysiology of emotion, translational research  
 
Publications:  

Representative publications

Hofmann, S. G. (2004). Cognitive mediation of treatment change in social phobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 392-399.

Hofmann, S. G., Heinrichs, N., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2004). The nature and expression of social phobia: Toward a new classification. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 769-797.

Hofmann, S. G., Moscovitch, D. A., Kim, H.-J., & Taylor, A. N. (2004). Changes in self-perception during treatment of social phobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 588-596.

Hofmann, S. G., Moscovitch, D. A., Litz, B. T., Kim, H.-J., Davis, L., & Pizzagalli, D. A. (2005). The worried mind: Autonomic and prefrontal activation during worrying. Emotion, 5, 464-475.

Hofmann S. G., Meuret, A. E., Smits, J. A. J., Simon, N. M., Pollack, M. H., Eisenmenger, K., Shiekh, M., & Otto, M. W. (2006). Augmentation of exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder with D-Cycloserine. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 298-304.

Hofmann, S. G., Schulz, S. M., Meuret, A. M., Moscovitch, D. M., & Suvak, M. (2006). Sudden gains during therapy of social phobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 687-697.

Moscovitch, D. A., Hofmann, S. G., Suvak, M., & In-Albon, T. (2005). Mediation of changes in anxiety and depression during treatment for social phobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 945-952.

Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Enhancing exposure-based therapy from a translational research perspective. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1987-2001.

Hofmann, S. G., Meuret, A. E., Rosenfield, D., Suvak, M. K., Barlow, D. H., Gorman, J. M., Shear, M. K., & Woods, S. W. (2007). Preliminary evidence for cognitive mediation during cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 374-379.

Full publication list word document

 
 


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