Elizabeth A. Hembree, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1990 University of Delaware
e-mail Dr. Hembree at hembree@mail.med.upenn.edu

Elizabeth A. Hembree, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Delaware in 1990. Dr. Hembree joined the Center's faculty in 1989 upon completion of her clinical internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. She is the Director of Training for the CTSA and also Director of the Rape and Crime Victims Program. She has taught numerous workshops to clinicians in a variety of disciplines on the use of Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for the treatment of chronic PTSD. Her scholarly publications include scientific articles and book chapters on the treatment of PTSD and OCD. Dr. Hembree is the principal investigator of a current NIMH-funded treatment outcome study investigating the dissemination of prolonged exposure therapy for chronic PTSD to clinicians in community agencies. She also provides clinical training and supervision to therapists working in the Center's ongoing randomized controlled trials in treatment of PTSD and OCD.

Current Research Interests

Cognitive behavioral treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
Dissemination of empirically validated cognitive behavioral treatments to clinicians
Emotion expression during imaginal exposure in prolonged exposure therapy in relation to emotional engagement and treatment outcome

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

Lerner, J., Franklin, M.E., Meadows, E.A., Hembree, E. A., & Foa, E. B. (1998). Effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral treatment program for trichotillomania: An uncontrolled evaluation. Behavior Therapy, 29, 157-171.

Foa, E.B., Dancu, C.V., Hembree, E.A., Jaycox, L.H., Meadows, E.A., & Street, G. (1999). The efficacy of exposure therapy, stress inoculation training, and their combination in the amelioration of PTSD for female victims of assault. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 194-200.
Hembree, E.A., and Foa, E.B. (2000). Psychosocial Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61, Supplement 7, 33-39.

Rauch, S.A., Hembree, E. A. & Foa, E.B. (2001). Acute psychosocial preventative interventions for PTSD. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, 17 (3), 187-191.

Foa, E. B., Zoellner, L. A., Feeny, N. C., Hembree, E. A., & Alvarez-Conrad, J. (2002). Does Imaginal Exposure Exacerbate PTSD Symptoms? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 70(4), 1022-1028.

Hembree, E.A. (2002). Psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Primary Psychiatry, 9 (2), pp.49-53.

Feeny, N.C., Hembree, E.A., & Zoellner, L. (2003). Myths regarding exposure therapy for PTSD. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10, 85-90.

Hembree, E.A. & Foa, E.B. (2003). Interventions for Trauma-Related Emotional Disturbances in Adult Victims of Crime. Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 16, No. 2, 189-201.

Hembree, E.A., Rauch, S.A.M., & Foa, E.B. (2003). Beyond the manual: The insider’s guide to prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10, 22-30.

Hembree, E.A., Riggs, D.S., Kozak, M.J., Franklin, M.E., & Foa, E.B. (2003). Long-Term Efficacy of Therapy by Exposure and Ritual Prevention and Serotonergic Medications for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. CNS Spectrums, 8(5), 363-71.

Cahill, S.P., Rauch, S.A.M., Hembree, E.A., & Foa, E.B. (2003). Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD on anger. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 17, No. 2, 113-131.

Hembree, E.A., Foa, E.B., Dorfan, N.M., Street, G., Kowalski, J., & Tu, X.. (in press). Do Patients Drop Out Prematurely from Exposure Therapy for PTSD? Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Hembree, E.A., Street, G.P., Riggs, D., & Foa, E.B. (in press). Do assault-related variables predict response to cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Book Chapters:

Hembree, E. A., Foa, E. B., & Kozak, M. J. (1994). Obsessive compulsive disorder. In B. Wolman & G. Stricker (Eds.), Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Handbook. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Hembree, E.A., Marshall, R., Fitzgibbons, L., & Foa, E.B. (2001). The difficult to treat PTSD patient. In M. Dewan & R. Pies (Eds.) The Difficult to Treat Psychiatric Patient. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Rothbaum, B.O., Foa, E.B., & Hembree, E.A. (2003). Cognitive behavioral therapy for PTSD. In Maercker, A. (Ed.), Therapie der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstorungen (Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress /disorder (2nd revised and enlarged edition). Berlin: Springer.

Hembree, E. A. and Foa, E. B. (in press). Promoting cognitive change in posttraumatic stress disorder. In M. Reinecke and D. Clark (Eds.) Cognitive Therapy Across the Lifespan. Cambridge University Press.

Hembree, E.A., Roth, D.A., Bux, D.A. & Foa, E.B. (in press). Cognitive Behavior Therapy. In M. Dewan, Steenbarger, & R. Greenberg (Eds.) A Clinical Introduction to the Essential Brief Therapies. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Cahill, S.P., Rauch, S.A., Hembree, E.A., Foa, E.B. (in press). Effect of cognitive-behavioral treatments for PTSD on anger. In Taylor, S. (Ed.), Advances in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress disorder: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives. NY: Springer.