Richard G. Heimberg is the Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at Temple University. Dr. Heimberg is well known for his efforts to develop cognitive-behavioral treatments for social anxiety disorder and examine their efficacy in comparison to (or in combination with) medication treatments. He and his colleagues have also conducted research on the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and anxiety about going to the dentist. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Dr. Heimberg has published 14 books and 500 articles and chapters on social anxiety, generalized anxiety, dental anxiety, and related topics. Dr. Heimberg is Past President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. He is also Past Editor of Behavior Therapy, the flagship journal of ABCT and has served on 15 additional editorial boards over the years.
Dr. Heimberg was named one of the four most influential psychological researchers in anxiety in a 2001 survey of members of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and was the inaugural recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received awards from the American Society for Group Work (Outstanding Research Award, 1990), Department of Psychology at his graduate alma mater Florida State University (Doctoral Graduate of Distinction, 2005), Temple University (Paul Eberman Award for Excellence in Research, 2005), the Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association (Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016), the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award, 2017), and ABCT (Outstanding Service, 2018). He most recently received the Career/Lifetime Achievement Award from ABCT (2020).
Dr. Heimberg has served as mentor to over 60 doctoral students in clinical psychology over the course of his career. For that work, he has received awards from ABCT (Outstanding Mentor, 2006), the Society of Clinical Psychology (Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award for Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology, 2014), the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contributions to Students’ Professional Development, 2015), and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (Lawrence H. Cohen Outstanding Mentor Award, 2016).
Curriculum Vitae (click for PDF)
Selected Publications
Books:
Hope, D. A., Heimberg, R.G., & Turk, C.L. (2019). Therapist guide for Managing social anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach (3rd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
Hope, D. A., Heimberg, R.G., & Turk, C.L. (2019). Managing social anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach (Client Workbook, 3rd edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ledley, D.R., Marx, B.P., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Making cognitive-behavioral therapy work: Clinical process for new practitioners (3rd edition). New York: Guilford Press.
Antony, M.M., Ledley, D.R., & Heimberg, R.G. (2005). Improving outcomes and preventing relapse in cognitive behavioral therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
Heimberg, R.G., Turk, C.L., & Mennin, D.S. (2004). Generalized anxiety disorder: Advances in research and practice. New York: Guilford Press.
Heimberg, R.G., & Becker, R. E. (2002). Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for social phobia: Basic mechanisms and clinical strategies. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Heimberg, R.G., Liebowitz, M. R., Hope, D. A., & Schneier, F. (Eds.) (1995). Social phobia: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. New York: Guilford Press.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters (2016 forward)
Morrison, A.S., Brozovich, F.A., Lakhan-Pal, S., Jazaeiri, H., Goldin, P.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2016). Attentional blink impairment in social anxiety disorder: Depression comorbidity matters. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 209-214. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.08.006
Versella, M.V., Piccirillo, M.L., Potter, C.M., Olino, T.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Anger profiles in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 37, 21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.10.008
Vagos, P., do Céu Salvador, M., Rijo, D., Santos, I.M., Weeks, J.W., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Measuring evaluation fears in adolescence: Psychometric validation of the Portuguese versions of the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale and the Specific Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 49, 46-62. doi:10.1177/0748175615596781
Dryman, M.T., Gardner, S., Weeks, J.W., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Social anxiety disorder and quality of life: How fears of negative and positive evaluation relate to specific domains of life satisfaction. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 38, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.12.003
Arlt, J., Yiu, A., Eneva, K., Dryman, M.T. Heimberg, R.G., & Chen, E. (2016). Contributions of cognitive inflexibility to eating disorder and social anxiety symptoms. Eating Behaviors, 21, 30-32. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.008
Potter, C., Jensen, D., Kinner, D., Tellez, M., Ismail, A.I., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Single-session computerized cognitive behavioral therapy for dental anxiety: A case series. Clinical Case Studies, 15, 3-17. doi:10.1177/1534650115583672
Rodebaugh, T.L., Heimberg, R.G., Taylor, K.P., & Lenze, E.J. (2016). Clarifying the behavioral economics of social anxiety disorder: Effects of interpersonal problems and symptom severity on generosity. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 107-121. doi:10.1177/2167702615578128
Cooper, S., Klugman, J., Heimberg, R.G., Anglin, D.M., & Ellman, L.M. (2016). Attenuated positive psychotic symptoms and social anxiety symptoms: Along a psychotic continuum or different constructs? Psychiatry Research, 235, 139-147. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.027
Keyes, K.M., McLaughlin, K.A., Vo, T., Galbraith, T., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Anxious and aggressive: The co-occurrence of intermittent explosive disorder with anxiety disorders and implications for comorbidity, impairment, and treatment. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 101-111. doi:10.1002/da.22428
Morrison, A.S., Brozovich, F.A., Lee, I.A., Jazaeiri, H., Goldin, P.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2016). Anxiety trajectories in response to a speech task in social anxiety disorder: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial of CBT. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 38, 21-30. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.12.006
Hamilton, J.L., Potter, C.M., Olino, T.M., Abramson, L.Y., Heimberg, R.G., & Alloy, L.B. (2016). The temporal sequence of social anxiety and depressive symptoms following interpersonal stressors during adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 495-509. doi:10.1007/s10802-015-0049-0
Goldin, P.R., Morrison, A., Jazaieri, H., Brozovich, F., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2016). Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 427-437. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000092
McEvoy, P.M., Rapee, R.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). A clinician’s quick guide of evidence-based approaches: Social anxiety disorder. Clinical Psychologist, 20, 103-104. doi:10.1111/cp.12096
Fernandez, K.C., Gordon, E.A., Rodebaugh, T.L., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Exploring linguistic correlates of social anxiety in romantic stories. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45, 351-366. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1184711
Potter, C.M., Galbraith, T., Jensen, D., Morrison, A.S., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Social anxiety and vulnerability for problematic drinkingin college students: The moderating role of post-event processing. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45, 380-396. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1190982
Potter, C.M., Kinner, D.G., Kaplan, S., Jensen, D., Waldron, E., Tellez, M., Myers Virtue, S., Ismail, A.I., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Understanding and treating dental anxiety: Dentists and psychologists join forces at Temple University. The Clinical Psychologist, 69(2), 6-15.
Jensen, D., Cohen, J.N., Mennin, D.S., Fresco, D.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Clarifying the unique associations among intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety, and depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45, 431-444. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1197308
Morrison, A.S., Mateen, M.M., Brozovich, F.A., Zaki, J., Goldin, P.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2016). Empathy for positive and negative emotions in social anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 87, 232-242. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2016.10.005
Piccirillo, M.L., Dryman, M.T., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Safety behaviors in adults with social anxiety: Review and future directions. Behavior Therapy, 47, 675-687. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2015.11.005
Jensen, D., Bruce, L.C., Heimberg, R.G., Matt, L.M., & Morrison, A.S. (2016). Social anxiety and misinterpretation of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Describe subscale. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 168-176. doi:10.1891/0889-8391.30.3.168
Versella, M.V., Potter, C.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Socially-relevant panic symptoms in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 7, 564-576. doi:10.5127/jep.056416
Piccirillo, M.L., & Heimberg, R.G. (2016). Dealing with rejection: Post-event processing in social anxiety and paranoia. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 7, 549-563. doi:10.5127/jep.054816
Rodebaugh, T.L., Levinson, C.A., Langer, J.K., Weeks, J., Heimberg, R.G., Brown, P.J., Menatti, A.R., Schneier, F., Blanco, C., & Liebowitz, M. (2017). The structure of vulnerabilities for social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research, 250, 297-301. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.073
Thurston, M.D., Goldin, P., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2017). Self-views in social anxiety disorder: The impact of CBT versus MBSR. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 47, 83-90. doi:10.1016/j.anxdis.2017.01.001
Piccirillo, M.L., Potter, C.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Post-event processing. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology (pp. 2606-2607). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. doi:10.4135/9781483365817.n1044
Cohen, J.N., Jensen, D.A., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Social anxiety disorder/social phobia: Treatment. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology (pp. 3220-3223). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. doi:10.4135/9781483365817.n1280
Dryman, M.T., Kaplan, S.C., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Social anxiety disorder/social phobia. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia abnormal of and clinical psychology (pp. 3216-3219). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. doi:10.4135/9781483365817.n1279
Ledley, D.R., Erwin, B.A., Morrison, A.S., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Social anxiety disorder. In W.E. Craighead, D.J. Miklowitz, & L.W. Craighead (Eds.), Psychopathology: History, theory, and empirical foundations (3rd edition, pp. 39-84). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Goldin, P.R., Morrison, A.S., Jazaieri, H., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2017). Trajectories of social anxiety, cognitive reappraisal and mindfulness during an RCT of CBGT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 97, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2017.06.001
Cohen, J.N., Jensen, D., Stange, J.P., Neuburger, M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). The immediate and long-term effects of an intensive meditation retreat. Mindfulness, 8, 1064-1077. doi:10.1007/s12671-017-0682-5
Kaplan, S.C., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P.R, Olino, T.O., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2017). The Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest): Validation in a sample of adults with social anxiety disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41, 576-587. doi:10.1007/s10608-017-9838-9
Dryman, M.T., McTeague, L.M., Olino, T.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Evaluation of an open-access CBT-based internet program for social anxiety: Patterns of use, retention, and outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 988-999. doi:10.1037/ccp0000232
Cohen, J.N., Dryman, M.T., Morrison, A.S., Gilbert, K.E., Heimberg, R.G., & Gruber, J. (2017). Positive and negative affect as links between social anxiety and depression:Predicting concurrent and prospective unipolar and bipolar mood symptoms in mood disorders. Behavior Therapy, 48, 820-833. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2017.07.003
Cohen, J.N., Drabick, D.A.G., Blanco, C., Schneier, F.R. Liebowitz, M.R., & Heimberg, R.G. (2017). Pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder: Interpersonal predictors of outcome and the mediating role of the working alliance. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 52, 79-87. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.10.004
Kaplan, S.C., Swee, M.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Psychological treatments for social anxiety disorder. In O. Braddick (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.98.
Burke, T.A., Jacobucci, R., Ammerman, B.A., Piccirillo, M., McCloskey, M.S., Heimberg, R.G., & Alloy, L.B. (2018). Identifying the relative importance of non-suicidal self-injury features in classifying suicidal ideation, plans, and behavior using exploratory data mining. Psychiatry Research, 262, 175-183. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.01.045
Mennin, D.S., Fresco, D.M., O’Toole, M.S., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). A randomized controlled trial of Emotion Regulation Therapy for generalized anxiety disorder with and without co-occurring depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 268-281. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000289
Renna, M.E., Seeley, S.H., Heimberg, R.G., Etkin, A., Fresco, D.M., & Mennin, D.S. (2018). Increased attention flexibility from emotion regulation therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 42, 121-134. doi:10.1007/s10608-017-9872-7
Butler, R.M., Boden, M.T., Olino, T.M., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P.R., Gross, J.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Emotional clarity and attention to emotions in cognitive behavioral group therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction for social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 55, 31-38. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.03.003
Swee, M.B., Kaplan, S.C., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Assertive behavior and assertion training as important foci in a clinical context: The case of social anxiety disorder. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25, e12222. doi:10.1111/cpsp.12222
Renna, M.E., Chin, S., Seeley, S.H., Fresco, D.M., Heimberg, R.G., & Mennin, D.S. (2018). The use of the mirror tracing persistence task as a measure of distress tolerance in generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 36, 80-88. doi:10.1007/s10942-017-0274-2
Heimberg, R.G., & Butler, R.M. (2018). Research on social anxiety disorder continues to escalate: A commentary on Asmundson and Asmundson’s analysis of publication trends in the anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 56, 8-10. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.04.001
Horenstein, A., Potter, C.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). How does anxiety sensitivity increase risk for chronic medical conditions? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25, e12248. doi:10.1111/cpsp.12248
Dryman, M.T., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Emotion regulation in social anxiety and depression: A systematic review of expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal. Clinical Psychology Review, 65, 17-42. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2018.07.004
Rodebaugh, T.L., Tonge, N.A., Piccirillo, M.L., Fried, E., Horenstein, A., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P., Gross, J.J., Lim, M., Fernandez, K., Blanco, C., Schneier, F., Bogdan, R., Thompson, R., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). Does centrality in a cross-sectional network suggest intervention targets for social anxiety disorder? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 831-844. doi:10.1037/ccp0000336
Galbraith, T., Carliner, H., Keyes, K.M., McLaughlin, K.A., McCloskey, M.S., & Heimberg, R.G. (2018). The co-occurrence and correlates of anxiety disorders among adolescents with intermittent explosive disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 581-590. doi:10.1002/ab.21783
Butler, R.M., Horenstein, A., Gitlin, M., Testa, R.J., Kaplan, S.C., Swee, M.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Social anxiety among transgender and gender nonconforming individuals: The role of gender affirming medical interventions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 25-31. doi:10.1037/abn0000399
Horenstein, A. Butler, R.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Social anxiety disorder. In B. Olatunji (Ed.), Handbook of anxiety and related disorders (480-516). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O’Day, E.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Aggression in anxiety disorders. In E.F. Coccaro, & M.S. McCloskey (Eds.), Aggression: Clinical features and treatment across the diagnostic spectrum (177-195). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
Burke, T.A., Piccirillo, M.L., Moore-Berg, S.L., Alloy, L.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). The stigmatization of non-suicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 481-498. doi:10.1002/jclp.22713
Swee, M.B., Olino, T.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Worry and anxiety account for unique variance in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 48, 253-264. doi:10.1080/16506073.2018.1533579
Horenstein, A., Rogers, A.H., Bakhshaie, J., Zvolensky, M.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Examining the role of anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in the relationship between health anxiety and likelihood of medical care utilization. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43, 55-65. doi:10.1007/s10608-018-9980-z
Horenstein, A., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P., ten Brink, M., Gross, J.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Sleep quality and treatment of social anxiety disorder. Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal, 32, 387-398. doi:10.1080/10615806.2019.1617854
Kaplan, S.C., Butler, R.M., Devlin, E.A., Testa, R.J., Horenstein, A.S., Swee, M.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Rural living environment predicts social anxiety in transgender and gender nonconforming individuals across Canada and the United States. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 66, 102116. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2019.102116
Butler, R.M., O’Day, E.B., Kaplan, S.C., Swee, M.B., Horenstein, A., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P.R., Gross, J.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Do sudden gains predict treatment outcome in social anxiety disorder? Findings from two randomized controlled trials. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 121, 103453. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2019.103453
Birk, S.L., Horenstein, A., Weeks, J., Olino, T., Heimberg, R.G., Goldin, P.R., & Gross, J.J. (2019). Neural responses to social evaluation: The role of fear of positive and negative evaluation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 67, 102114. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2019.102114
Morrison, A.S., Mateen, M.A., Brozovich, F.A., Zaki, J., Goldin, P.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2019). Changes in empathy mediate the effects of cognitive behavioral group therapy but not mindfulness-based stress reduction for social anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 56, 1098-1111. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2019.05.005
O’Day, E.B., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P.R., Gross, J.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2019). Social anxiety, loneliness, and the moderating role of emotion regulation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38, 751-773. doi:10.1521/jscp.2019.38.9.751
Dixon, M.L., Moodie, C.A., Goldin, P.R., Farb, N., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2020). Emotion regulation in social anxiety disorder: Reappraisal and acceptance of negative self-beliefs. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5, 119-129. doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.07.009
Buckner, J.D., Lewis, E.M., Abarno, C., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Mindfulness training for clinically elevated social anxiety: The impact on peak drinking. Addictive Behaviors, 104, 106282. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106282
Rogers, A.H., Bakhshaie, J., Horenstein, A.S., Brandt, C.P., Heimberg, R.G., & Zvolensky, M.J. (2020). Emotion dysregulation in the experience of pain among persons living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care, 32, 57-64. doi:10.1080/09540121.2019.1612024
Whisman, M.A., Miranda, R., Fresco, D.M., Heimberg, R.G., Jeglic, E.L., & Weinstock, L.M. (2020). Measurement invariance of the Ruminative Responses Scale across gender. Assessment, 27, 508-517. doi:10.1177/1073191118774131
Butler, R.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Exposure therapy for eating disorders: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 78, 101851. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101851
Horenstein, A., Swee, M.B., Kaplan, S.C., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Social anxiety disorder. In N. Simon, E. Hollander, B.O. Rothbaum, & D.J. Stein (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Association Publishing textbook of anxiety, trauma and OCD-related disorders (pp. 459-476). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Horenstein, A., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Anxiety disorders and healthcare utilization: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 81, 101894. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101894
Weeks, J.W., Wilmer, M.T., Potter, C.M., Waldron, E.M., Versella, M., Kaplan, S.C., Jensen, D., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Targeting fear of positive evaluation in patients with social anxiety disorder via a brief cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol: A proof-of-principle study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48, 745-750. doi:10.1017/S1352465820000491
Piccirillo, M.L., Burke, T.A., Moore-Berg, S.L., Alloy, L.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2020). Self-stigma towards nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): An examination of implicit and explicit attitudes towards self-injury. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50, 1007-1024. doi:10.1111/sltb.12640
Horenstein, A., Kaplan, S.C., Butler, R.M., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Social anxiety moderates the relationship between body mass index and motivation to avoid exercise. Body Image, 36, 185-192. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.11.010
O’Day, E.B., Butler, R.M., Morrison, A.S., Goldin, P.R., Gross, J.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Reductions in social anxiety during treatment predict lower levels of loneliness during follow-up among individuals with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 78, 102362. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102362
Butler, R.M., O’Day, E.B., Swee, M.B., Horenstein, A., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: Predictors of treatment outcome in a quasi-naturalistic setting. Behavior Therapy, 52, 465-477. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2020.06.002
O’Day, E.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Social media use, social anxiety, and loneliness: A systematic review. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 3, 100070. doi:10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100070
Kuo, J.R., Zeifman, R.J., Morrison, A.S., Heimberg, R.G., Goldin, P.R., & Gross, J.J. (2021). The moderating effects of anger suppression and anger expression on cognitive behavioral group therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction among individuals with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 287, 127-135. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.022
Renna, M.E., O’Toole, M.S., Fresco, D.M., Heimberg, R.G., & Mennin, D.S. (2021). From psychological to physical health: Exploring temporal precedence throughout Emotion Regulation Therapy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 80, 102403. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102403
Lewis, E. M., Heimberg, R. G., Gilroy, S. P., & Buckner, J. D. (2021). The impact of brief mindfulness training on post-event processing among individuals with clinically elevated social anxiety. Behavior Therapy, 52, 785-796. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2020.10.002
Swee, M.B., Butler, R.M., Ross, B.V., Horenstein, A., O’Day, E.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Interpersonal patterns in social anxiety disorder: Predictors and outcomes of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 614-627. doi:10.1007/s10608-020-10192-3
Butler, R.M., O’Day, E., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). The benefits of a longer course of cognitive behavioral therapy for some patients with social anxiety disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 50, 351-365. doi:10.1080/16506073.2020.1829027
Swee, M.B., Hudson, C.C., & Heimberg, R.G. (2021). Examining the relationship between shame and social anxiety: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 90, 102088. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102088
Goldin, P.R., Thurston, M., Allende, S., Moodie, C., Dixon, M.L., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2021). Evaluation of cognitive behavioral therapy versus mindfulness meditation in brain changes during reappraisal and acceptance among patients with social anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 78,1134-1142. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1862
Talmon, A., Dixon, M.L., Goldin, P.R., Heimberg, R.G., & Gross, J.J. (2021). Neurocognitive heterogeneity in social anxiety disorder: The role of self-referential processing and childhood maltreatment. Clinical Psychological Science, 9, 1045-1058. doi:10.1177/21677026211004452
Butler, R.M., O’Day, E.B., & Heimberg, R.G. (2022). Cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: Being flexible while maintaining fidelity. In P.C. Kendall (Editor), Flexibility within fidelity: Breathing life into a psychological treatment manual (pp. 5-24). New York: Oxford University Press.
Swee, M.B., Wilmer, M.T., & Heimberg, R.G. (2022). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder. In G. Todd & R. Branch (Eds.), Evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders and depression: A cognitive behavioral therapy compendium (pp. 93-114). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Dixon, M.L., Moodie, C.A., Goldin, P.R., Farb, N., Heimberg, R.G., Zhang, J., & Gross, J.J. (2022). Frontoparietal and default mode network contributions to self-referential processing in social anxiety disorder. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 22, 187-198. doi:10.3758/s13415-021-00933-6
Quintero, J., Mayville, E., Heimberg, R.G., Fresco, D.M., & Mennin, D.S. (2022). Implicit approach and avoidance motivational changes in GAD patients treated with Emotion Regulation Therapy. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32, 151-156. doi:10.1026/j.bct.2021.05.005
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