Faculty
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Julia Babcock, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Couples Therapy
- Psychopathy, Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder
![Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.](../../../../_images/people/gallagher-150px.jpg)
Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Professor
- Transdiagnostic treatments (e.g. the Unified Protocol) for PTSD and anxiety disorders
- Mechanisms of change of empirically supported treatments
- How positive thinking (e.g., hope, optimism, self-efficacy) promotes well-being and provides resilience to PTSD and other anxiety disorders
- Identifying the causes and components of positive mental health and how mental health relates to mental illness
- Measurement, methodology, meta-analysis, and modeling longitudinal trajectories of change
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Lorra Garrey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Culturally informed behavioral health interventions
- Smoking cessation
- Minority health
![John P. Vincent, Ph.D.](../../../../_images/people/johnvincent150.jpg)
John P. Vincent, Ph.D.
Professor and Adjunct clinical faculty member, Baylor College of Medicine
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Forensic Psychology
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Ethics and Mental Health Law
![Rheeda L. Walker, Ph.D.](../../../../_images/people/rheeda-walker-150.jpg)
Rheeda L. Walker, Ph.D.
Professor
- Depression and Suicide
- Sociocultural determinants of resilience and coping
- Cross-cultural methods
![Michael Zvolensky, Ph.D.](../../../../_images/people/Zvolensky-Michael150.jpg)
Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Risk and Maintenance Factors for Anxiety Disorders
- Substance Use Disorders Comorbidity with Anxiety Disorders
- Role of Physical Health and Health Behaviors (e.g., aerobic exercise) in Anxiety Disorders
- Health Disparities