Emily M Becker-Haimes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Director, Pediatric Anxiety Treatment Center at Hall-Mercer (PATCH), University of Pennsylvania Health System
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Senior Fellow, Penn Implementation Science Center
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3535 Market Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155735614
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A clinician friendly toolkit to support use of exposure therapy with youth with anxiety.
A clinician toolkit to support culturally responsive psychotherapy to youth with anxiety and related disorders
A clinician friendly toolkit to support use of exposure therapy with youth with anxiety.
A clinician toolkit to support culturally responsive psychotherapy to youth with anxiety and related disorders
Education:
BA (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Near Eastern Studies)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
MS (Clinical Psychology)
University of Miami, 2012.
PHD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Miami, 2016.
Internship (Clinical Psychology)
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA , 2016.
Permanent linkBA (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Near Eastern Studies)
Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
MS (Clinical Psychology)
University of Miami, 2012.
PHD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Miami, 2016.
Internship (Clinical Psychology)
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA , 2016.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disordersDescription of Research Expertise
Implementation science, evidence-based treatment dissemination and implementation, youth mental health services, exposure therapySelected Publications
Becker-Haimes, E.M., Stewart, R.E., & Frank, H.E. : It’s all in the name: Why exposure therapy could benefit from a new one. Current Psychology Jun 2022 Notes: [Online ahead of print] doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03286-6.Rudrabhatla, A., Flowers, S., Becker-Haimes, E.M., & Sanchez, A.: Centering Equity in the Implementation of Exposure and Response Prevention for Pediatric OCD: Current Evidence and Future Directions. Current Developmental Disorders Reports 11: 195-205, Aug 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-024-00306-x.
Becker-Haimes, E.M. & Sanchez, A.L.: The Road to Equitable OCD Treatment: Commentary on Justice Based treatment Considerations for Identity-Related OCD. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 31(4), Dec 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000233.
Islam, S., Sanchez, A.L., McDermott, C.L., Clapp, D., Worley, J., & Becker-Haimes, E.M.: To Proceed Via Telehealth or Not? Considerations for Pediatric Anxiety and Related Disorders Beyond COVID-19. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 31(4), Nov 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2023.01.004.
Becker-Haimes E.M., Marcus S.C., Klein M.R., Schoenwald S.K., Fugo P.B., McLeod B.D., Dorsey S., Williams N.J., Mandell D.S., & Beidas R.S.: A randomized trial to identify accurate measurement methods for adherence to cognitive-behavioral therapy. Behavior Therapy June 2022 Notes: [Online ahead of print] doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2022.06.001.
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Klein, C. C., Frank, H. E., Oquendo, M. A., Jager-Hyman, S., Brown, G. K., Brady, M., & Barnett, M. L. : Clinician Maladaptive Anxious Avoidance in the Context of Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions: A Commentary. Frontiers in Health Services 2(833214): 1-10, June 2022 Notes: doi: 10.3389/frhs.2022.833214.
Becker-Haimes, E.M., Ramesh, B., Buck, J.E., Nuske. H.J., Zentgraf, K.A., Stewart R.E., Buttenheim, A., & Mandell, D.S.: Comparing output from two methods of participatory design for developing implementation strategies: traditional contextual inquiry vs. rapid crowd sourcing. Implementation Science 17(1): 1-13, Jul 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s13012-022-01220-9.
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Tabachnick, A. R., Last, B. S., Stewart, R. E., Hasan-Granier, A., & Beidas, R. S.: Evidence Base Update for brief, free, and accessible youth mental health measures. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 49(1): 1-17, Jan 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1689824.
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Byeon, V., Frank, H. E., Williams, N. J., Kratz, H. E., & Beidas, R. S.: Identifying the organizational innovation-specific capacity needed for exposure therapy. Depression and Anxiety 37(10): 1007–1016, May 2020.
Frank, H. E., Becker-Haimes, E. M., & Kendall, P. C. : Therapist training in evidence-based interventions: A systematic review of training approaches and outcomes. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 27(3): e12330, Sep 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12330.
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Okamura, K. H., Baldwin, C., Wahesh, E., Schmidt, C., & Beidas, R. S. : Understanding the landscape of behavioral health pre-service training to inform evidence-based practice implementation. Psychiatric Services 70(1): 68-70, Jan 2019 Notes: doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800220.
Becker-Haimes, E. M., Okamura, K., Wolk, C. B., Rubin, R., Evans, A.C., & Beidas, R. S.: Predictors of clinician use of exposure therapy in community mental health settings. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 49: 88-94, June 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.002.
Becker-Haimes, E.M., Franklin, M.E., Bodie, J., & Beidas, R.S.: Feasibility and acceptability of a toolkit to facilitate clinician use of exposure therapy for youth. Evidence Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2(3-4): 165-178, Nov 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1080/23794925.2017.1383867.
Ginsburg, G. S., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Keeton, C., Iyengar, S., Sakolsky, D., Kendal, P. C., Iyengar, S., Albano, A.M., Peris, T., Compton, S. N., & Piacentini, J. : Results From the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-Term Study (CAMELS): Primary Anxiety Outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57(7): 471-480, Jul 2018 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.03.017.
Brady M, Jamison J, Weiss M, Young S, Adams DR, Ruggieri DG, Becker-Haimes EM: Slipping through the cracks: Identifying families at-risk of not engaging with mental health care within a specialty anxiety clinic. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research May 2025 Notes: Advance Online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-025-09947-1.
Becker-Haimes, E.M., Jamison, J., Young, S., Brady, B., Houlahan, K., & Bilek, E.L. : To relax or not to relax for anxious youth? Findings from a survey of exposure specialists. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Epub ahead of print, Aug 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2025.2541348.