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Dr. Leyfer & Dr. Farley presenting at EABCT 2025

Dr. Ovsanna Leyfer and Dr. Alyssa Farley will be presenting at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) 2025 Congress on September 4 in Glasgow, Scotland. Their talk titles are as follows:

• Fast-Track CBT: How to Design and Deliver an Intensive Treatment for Youth Anxiety
• Rapid Relief: Outcomes From a One-Week Intensive Treatment for Adolescent Anxiety

For more information on EABCT and other talks go to: https://eabct2025.org/

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen’s Latest Book; “How to be Enough”

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen―clinical psychologist, anxiety specialist, and author of How to Be Yourself―is on the same journey as you. In How to Be Enough, Hendriksen charts a flexible, forgiving, and freeing path, all without giving up the excellence your high standards and hard work have gotten you. She delivers seven shifts―including from self-criticism to kindness, control to authenticity, procrastination to productivity, comparison to contentment―to find self-acceptance, rewrite the Inner Rulebook, and most of all, cultivate the authentic human connections we’re all craving.

With compassion and humor, Hendriksen lays out a clear, effective, and empowering guide. To enjoy rather than improve, be real rather than impressive, and be good to yourself when you’re wired to be hard on yourself.

You can find Dr. Hendriksen's new book here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Enough-Self-Acceptance-Self-Critics-Perfectionists/dp/1250291879

Ellen was recently asked to go on CBS Morning and share a little bit about her book. You can view here interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH43oV0Dj98

Dr. Toomey & Dr. Mow’s Case Study on Assessing Developmental Gerstmann’s Syndrome in an Adult Accepted for Publication

Dr. Rosemary Toomey and program alum Dr. Jessica L. Mow recently had their case study accepted to the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society!

You can check out their groundbreaking report titled "Assessing Developmental Gerstmann’s Syndrome in an adult: a case report" in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

Dr. Lisa Smith Featured on Throw Off the Lines (TOTL) Podcast

Dr. Lisa Smith, Director of Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, was featured on Season 1, Episode 11 of the Throw Off the Lines (TOTL) podcast!

In the insightful episode titled: "Choosing a Meaningful Life and Embracing Vulnerability," Dr. Smith shares her expertise on various topics including how to manage challenging emotions and how to pursue a meaningful life. Dr. Smith also highlights the benefits of seeking professional help and using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

To listen to the podcast episode today, you can visit: https://throwoffthelines.com/listen-watch/

Dr. Lisa Smith Partnering with Southern Smoke Foundation to Help MA Food & Beverage Workers

Dr. Lisa Smith, Director of The Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, is partnering with the Southern Smoke Foundation. 

No program launch would be complete without a proper party, so we’re thrilled that SSF Chefs Karen Akunowicz, Stephanie Izard, and Jaimie Bissonnette are joining forces for a dinner celebrating the kickoff of our Behind You partnership with Boston University on July 15 at Bar Volpe!! 🎉⁠
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This dinner celebrates the expansion of our Behind You program to all of Massachusetts–that means SSF is providing access to no-cost counseling for MA F+B workers starting in July! For more information about the dinner and to purchase tickets, click on the link in our bio! Massachusetts F+B workers can apply to receive no cost counseling by visiting southernsmoke.org/mental-health/.

Media inquiries to: Dr. Lisa Smith at (617)353-9610 or smithl@bu.edu

Congratulations to Shelby Shipley, Administrative Assistant Extraordinaire!

Shelby Shipley is the 2024 recipient of the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Service Award. This award highlights her dedication to her daily CARD responsibilities, her delightful attitude, and her never ending support of our students, both graduate and undergraduate. Shelby is the heart of our Clinic, keeping her finger on the pulse of activity within CARD, and we enthusiastically congratulate her on this well-deserved honor.  This is the second consecutive year that our Administrative Staff have received this honorable award.  Haydee Torres, who has been a longstanding devoted employee, was the proud recipient of last year's award.

Congratulations to Graduate Student, Kevin Narine, on a Well-Deserved Award!

Kevin Narine of William James College, and one of CARD’s practicum students this year, was awarded the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Outstanding Student Clinician Award for 2024. This award is intended to recognize outstanding graduate students who are providing exceptional contributions to the field of clinical psychology through their clinical work. He was nominated by CARD in recognition of his outstanding work within our clinic this year.

Congratulations to CARD Director, Dr. Lisa Smith, 2024 APTC Clinic Director Mentor Award

Dr. Lisa Smith has received the 2024 Association for Psychology Training Clinics (APTC) Clinic Director Mentor Award for 2024. This award recognizes an APTC Training Clinic Director each year who demonstrates extraordinary mentorship of another Training Clinic Director. Dr. Smith's dedication to mentoring early clinicians makes this award such a wonderful tribute to her longstanding development of future clinicians.

Congratulations to Haydee Torres – CAS Outstanding Service Award for Staff

Haydee Torres, Administrative Secretary, Clinical Psychology Program

Our nominator states that Haydee is “the glue that holds everything together. “She is always the first to arrive on site each day, greeting faculty, students, staff and patients with a warm smile and positive attitude. As second year graduate students begin to see their first clinical cases, Haydee demonstrates patience and warmth, naturally taking on the role of educator by teaching our young clinicians how to use the communications, electronic medical records, and billing systems required by our clinic. When a clinician calls in sick, Haydee leaps into action, calling patients and rescheduling lessons. Passing by our reception area, it is not uncommon to find Haydee engaged in conversations with a nervous prospective patient. [And with Spanish as] her first language, many of our bilingual and/or Spanish speaking patients feel even more comfortable and confident. [Haydee] inspires us all to adopt her model of treating everyone with great respect, valuing all as an equally important member of our team.”

Process Based Therapy case article received the Psyche Award for Most Valuable Paper – Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy

“Process-based therapy is a model of psychological assessment and treatment designed to target processes of change most relevant to a client’s problems and well-being, in their specific context, using evidence-based strategies, regardless of theoretical provenance. This case study describes such a process-based approach wherein the therapist develops a treatment plan using empirically driven networks and selects treatment kernels based on target processes of change. It is one of the first published demonstrations of how to use process-based therapy with a client, explaining each step in treatment."

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1002849/full

Congratulations to: Clarissa Ong, Ph.D., Stefan Hofmann, Ph.D. and Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.