About Dr. Woody Sheila Woody is Associate Professor of Psychology and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia and a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia, Canada. She is Director of the Clinical Training Program at UBC, and she also conducts treatment research on anxiety disorders with colleagues at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at UBC Hospital. In 2003, she was awarded the Killam Research Prize by UBC. Formerly on the faculty at Yale University, Dr. Woody has published over 30 scholarly papers, including several treatment outcome studies and two books. In addition to her work on anxiety disorders, Dr. Woody has been committed to promoting and disseminating evidence-based practice of psychological interventions. She has been a longtime member of the APA’s Division 12 committee to identify and promote empirically supported treatments. research The main focus of Sheila Woody’s research is phenomenology and treatment of anxiety disorders. On this topic, she has collaborated on treatment outcome studies for panic and social phobia, and she is currently involved in a treatment outcome study of cognitive therapy for primary obsessions. Her psychopathology research has centered on cognitive phenomena associated with the experience of anxiety and fear. She is currently engaged in several projects on unwanted intrusive thoughts, including examining the influence of appraisals, thought suppression, and mood state. teaching PSYC 535 Adult Psychopathology PSYC 560 Clinical Research Design PSYC 534 Clinical Practicum (Anxiety) Applying to grad school? Please note that Dr. Woody will not be accepting any new graduate students for the 2008-2009 or 2009-2010 school years.
Sheila Woody, Ph.D.
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Sheila Woody, Ph.D.
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Joanna Herba, M.A.
Liz Nosen, M.A.
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