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Dr. Donna Pincus and Dr. Alyssa Farley Present at WCCBT 2026
CARD’s Dr. Donna Pincus and Dr. Alyssa Farley contributed to the 2026 World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT) Congress in San Francisco, California. Together with collaborators from Florida International University (Dr. Jonathan Comer, Dr. Jami Furr, and Adelia Kamenetskiy) and Macquarie University (Dr. Ronald Rapee), they presented findings from the landmark Kids FACE FEARS study for the first time at a professional conference.
Dr. Farley also presented research on an online mental health training program for school personnel, which has been implemented across numerous Massachusetts school districts to support the identification and response to student mental health concerns. Dr. Farley collaborated on this research with Dr. Jennifer Greif Green and Evie Granville of Boston University and Dr. Ryan Sherman of Medway Public Schools.
In addition to her presentations, Dr. Farley served as an Associate Scientific Chair for WCCBT 2026, working alongside Scientific Chair Dr. Amelia Stanton, Assistant Professor in the Boston University Clinical Psychology Program.

Abigail Barthel and Ariel Blakey Co-lead Workshop on Managing Workplace Anxiety and Stress on a Repopulated Campus

July 14th, 2021

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CARD graduate student clinicians, Ariel Blakey and Abigail Barthel, recently collaborated with BU FSAO to provide a two-session workshop series on Managing Workplace Anxiety and Stress on a Repopulated Campus for faculty and staff. The workshops held on 7/12 and 7/26 provide evidence-based mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, and stress management skills to attendees as they prepare to return to BU full-time.