Amanda Louise Holly

Amanda Louise Holly
EDUCATION
Graduate:
Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, N. Chicago, IL
Major: Clinical Psychology: Health Psychology Track
Degree: Ph.D.
Graduation Date: June, 2005
Dissertation Title: Anger Expression Following Harassment May Lead to Lower
Paraspinal Muscle Tension Reduction in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
Dates Attended: September, 1998 – August, 2005
Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, N. Chicago IL
Major: Clinical Psychology: Health Psychology Track
Degree: M.A., April, 2002
Thesis Title: Cluster Analyses of MMPI-2 Profiles in a Chronic Pain Sample: A
Refined Method. (Chairperson: John Burns, Ph. D)
Undergraduate:
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Major: Psychology
Degree: B.A., May, 1996, magna cum laude
Dates Attended: September, 1992 – May, 1996
Senior Thesis: An Examination of the Adaptiveness of Denial in Physical Illness.
Other Educational Experiences:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Three graduate courses: Jungian Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Biology.
G.P.A.= 4.0
HONORS
Recipient, Herman-Finch Scholarship for Achievement, Finch University of Health
Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Recipient, Academic All-American, Carleton College, 1994, 1995, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Clinical Experience:
Cofounder and Clinical Psychologist
The Chicago Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Center, Skokie, Illinois
May, 2010 – present
Therapy
Responsible for the cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment of clients with
variety of anxiety disorders, mood and impulsive control disorders. Responsible
for consulting with patient’s family, psychiatrist, social worker, school personnel,
and other relevant parties. Conduct short-term consultations, intensive exposure
and response prevention sessions, as well as the standard weekly cognitivebehavioral therapy for approximately 10-20 weeks. Responsible for home visits,
crisis calls, written reports, and psychological testing. Responsible for researching
empirically supported treatment interventions.
Clinical Psychologist
The Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center, Northbrook, Illinois
August, 2006 – April 2010
Therapy
Responsible for the cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment of clients with
variety of anxiety disorders: Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder,
Separation Anxiety Disorder; Impulse Control Disorders: Trichotillomania; Mood
Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder; and Personality
Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive
Personality Disorder. Clients range in age from 2-62 years old. Responsible for
consulting with patient’s family, psychiatrist, social worker, school personnel, and
other relevant parties. Conduct short-term consultations, intensive exposure and
response prevention sessions, as well as the standard weekly cognitive-behavioral
therapy for approximately 10-20 weeks. Responsible for home visits, crisis calls,
written reports, and psychological testing. Responsible for researching empirically
supported treatment interventions.
Post-Doctoral Training
The Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center, Northbrook, Illinois
August, 2005 – August, 2006
Therapy
Responsible for the cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment of 35 clients
with variety of anxiety disorders: Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety
Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder; Impulse Control Disorders:
Trichotillomania; Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic
Disorder; and Personality Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder, and
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. Clients range in age from 2–5 years
old, 9-18 years old, and 21-62 years old. Responsible for consulting with
patient’s family, psychiatrist, social worker, school personnel, and other relevant
parties. Conduct short-term consultations, intensive exposure and response
prevention sessions, as well as the standard weekly cognitive-behavioral therapy
for approximately 10-20 weeks. Responsible for home visits, crisis calls, written
reports, and psychological testing. Responsible for researching empirically
supported treatment interventions.
Teaching
Sole leader and/or coleader of weekly supervision of 4 practicum students of
clinic psychology. Provide weekly didactics on various topics related to cognitive
therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to 7 staff members. Presented at
ADAA (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) conference in St. Louis,
Missouri in March of 2007 on Panic Disorder and in Miami, Florida in March of
2006 on Social Anxiety Disorder (10 hours/week) (Primary supervisor: Dr. Karen
Cassiday).
Pre-Doctoral Internship- Anxiety Disorders Clinic
University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
September, 2004 – August, 2005.
Therapy
Responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients suffering from a variety
of problems including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders,
and impulse control problems. Independently assessed 11 adult patients with the
following disorders: Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Hypochondriasis
using the following assessment tools: ADIS-R; SCID; Y-BOCS; CAPS-DX. I
have also assessed 1 client with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder; 2
clients with Trichotillomania; 1 client with Body Dysmorphic Disorder; 1 client
with Agoraphobia without Panic Disorder; 2 clients with primary Major
Depressive Disorder. Treated a total of 18 individual clients with cognitivebehavior interventions. Conducted group treatment of panic disorder and
generalized anxiety disorder. Responsible for researching empirically supported
treatment interventions and adhering to protocol focused interventions.
Responsible for consulting with patient’s family, psychiatrist, social worker,
and/or general practitioner. Responsible for crisis calls and comprehensive
written reports at evaluation and discharge.
Teaching
Supervised practicum students in the treatment of 5 clients with variety of anxiety
disorders. Instructed several psychiatry residents on cognitive therapy for Panic
and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. (Minimum of 2 hours/week individual
supervision; 1.5 hours/week group supervision; 3 hours/week didactic training on
a variety of psychological topics; 50-55 hours/week; project = 2500 hours)
Supervisors: Jack Rachman, Ph.D., Maureen Whittal, Ph.D., William Koch,
Ph.D., Charles Brasfield, M.D., Ph.D.
Pre-Doctoral Internship – Eating Disorders Rotation
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
September, 2004- March 2005
Therapy
Responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients suffering from a variety
of eating disorders including Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, and Eating
Disorder NOS. Patients enrolled in a 3-month residential program. Responsible
for the assessment and comprehensive written evaluations of 7 patients with a
variety of eating disorders as well as comorbid conditions including Major
Depressive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Kleptomania, and others. Responsible for
leading a six-session assertiveness didactic as well as a 3-session “thought attack”
didactic. Responsible for leading weekly meal support. Observed a process
group called open talk facilitated by 2 supervisors with integrative orientations to
psychotherapy.
Teaching
Responsible for leading a six-session assertiveness didactic as well as a 3-session
“thought attack” didactic. Lead a 5 week Patient Information Group with 40
members, designed to educate patients and loved ones on variety of topics relating
to eating disorders. (1 day/week for 6 months = 234 hours; 1.5 hours/week of
individual supervision) Supervisors: Drs. Suja Srikameswaran, Lori Taylor,
Karen Ergas.
Advanced Psychotherapy Practicum
The Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center, Northbrook, Illinois
June, 2002 – August, 2004
Psychology trainee in an anxiety disorders clinic. Responsible for the cognitivebehavioral assessment and treatment of 25 clients with variety of anxiety
disorders: Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety
Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder;
Impulse Control Disorders: Trichotillomania; Mood Disorders: Major Depressive
Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder; and Personality Disorders:
Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and Obsessive
Compulsive Personality Disorder. Clients range in age from 2–5 years old, 9-18
years old, and 21-62 years old. Responsible for consulting with patient’s family,
psychiatrist, social worker, school personnel, and other relevant parties. Conduct
short-term consultations, intensive exposure and response prevention sessions, as
well as the standard weekly cognitive-behavioral therapy for approximately 10-20
weeks. Responsible for home visits, crisis calls, written reports, and
psychological testing. Responsible for researching empirically supported
treatment interventions. (18 hours/week; project = 1800 hours) (Primary
supervisor: Dr. Karen Cassiday).
Advanced Assessment and Psychotherapy Practicum
Zion-Benton Township High School, Zion, Illinois
August, 2002 – June, 2003
Psychology trainee at Zion-Benton public high school. Student population
included a variety of developmental, anxiety, major affective, and medical
disorders. Responsible for administering, interpreting, writing and presenting
intellectual (i.e. WAIS-III; WISC – III) and personality tests and conducting
diagnostic interviews. Therapy experience included individual and family therapy
with 7 students and their families using a mixed cognitive-behavioral and family
systems approach (Approximately 18-20/week; 600 hours) (Supervisor: Laura
Lashever, Psy, D.; Catherine Campbell, Ph. D.).
Outreach Volunteer
College of Lake County, IL,
October 2002; October 2003
Screened community college students for symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Duties included: Advertised via email and posters one month in advance of screening
days; constructed multiple private spaces within auditorium, as well as video viewing
room for interested individuals; administered two brief surveys designed to detect the
behavioral, affective and cognitive symptoms of anxiety and depression; scored the
questionnaires and screened for red flags; when necessary, discussed items in depth,
explained symptom clusters, provided options/referrals (Approximately 30/year;
supervisor: John Calamari, Ph. D.).
Psychotherapy Practicum
The Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) Treatment and Research Program
June, 2000- June, 2002.
Psychology trainee in an anxiety disorders clinic. Responsible for the cognitivebehavioral treatment of four patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, two of
whom have comorbid depression, and one patient with panic disorder with
agoraphobia also suffering from depression. Two of the OCD patients are
adolescents. Responsible for cognitive-behavioral treatment (habit reversal protocol)
of 2 patients with trichotillomania. Additional responsibilities include scoring and
writing intake and updated evaluations as well as post-session progress notes.
(Approximately 7-12 hours/week in session; a minimum of three hours/week in
supervision - project 750 hours by June, 2002; supervisors: John Calamari, Ph. D. and
John Burns, Ph. D.)
Group Psychotherapy Practicum
The Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) Treatment and Research Program
June, 2001 – November, 2002.
Psychology trainee at an anxiety disorders clinic. Therapist of a cognitivebehavioral-oriented therapy group composed of patients and family members of
patients who are suffering from anxiety and depressive disorders. (30 hours;
Supervisor: John Calamari, Ph. D. and John Burns, Ph. D).
Psychotherapy Practicum
St. Therese Hospital, Waukegan, IL
June, 2000 – June, 2001
Psychology trainee in an adult partial hospital program for psychiatric patients.
Responsible for individual cognitive psychotherapy with two adult patients with
major depressive disorders with severe abuse histories. Co-therapist of a processoriented therapy group composed of patients with psychotic, major affective, eating
and substance abuse disorders. (400 hours; Supervisor: John Jockem, Psy,D.).
Health Psychology and Smoking Cessation Practicum
Veteran’s Administration Hospital, N. Chicago, IL
December, 1998 – June, 1998
Psychology trainee in a Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Assisted in diagnostic
psychiatric evaluation of patients with medical diagnoses. Assisted in individual
eclectic psychotherapy of V.A. patients with psychiatric disorders including major
affective and substance abuse disorders. Assisted in a three-week smoking cessation
program. (90 hours; Supervisor: Dr. Goodman).
Assessment and Brief Psychotherapy Practicum
St. Therese Hospital, Waukegan, IL, September 1999 – May, 2000
Crisis counselor in emergency room of St. Therese Hospital. Conducted on-site and
telephone crisis intervention and evaluation for psychotic, suicidal, and adjustment
crises. Relayed initial crisis evaluation to Psychiatrist in order to determine proper
treatment regime. (St. Therese Supervisor: John Jockem, Psy. D).
Research Experience:
Dissertation
Department of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical
School
January, 2003 – May 2005
This study investigates the influence of anger expression on chronic low back
pain. Prospectus was defended July 28, 2003; Dissertation defended on May 18th,
2005 (Approximately 25 hours/week) (Advisor: John Burns, Ph. D.; John
Calamari, Ph.D.)
Research Assistant
Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL
September, 1998 – present
NIMH grant funded research assistant investigating interventions to promote, and
psychosocial factors that may hinder, adaptation to chronic pain at the Pain and
Rehabilitation Clinic in Lake Forest Hospital. Responsibilities include all aspects of
data collection which consist of intake and follow-up phone interviews. Statistical
duties included data programming and statistical analysis using Excel and SPSS.
Responsible for written preparation of results for presentation at annual Think Tank.
(Approximately 640 hours; Advisor: John Burns, Ph. D.).
Master’s Thesis Research
Department of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School
February, 1999 – April, 2002
Development and execution of a study examining MMPI profiles of chronic pain
patients. Solely responsible for the study design, including generation of hypotheses
and selection of questionnaires and statistics. Conduct all aspects of data collection.
Statistical duties include data analysis using cluster analytic techniques using SPSS.
Responsible for written preparation of introduction, method, results and discussion.
Presented paper at Midwest Pain Conference in 2002. (Approximately 700 hours;
Advisor: John Burns, Ph. D).
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School
September, 1998 – June, 2001.
NIMH grant funded research assistant in a study investigating coping and
psychophysiological reactivity in chronic low back pain patients. Duties included
assisting with subject recruitment and data collection and entry. (Approximately 400
hours; Advisor: John Burns, Ph. D).
Head Research Assistant and Psychophysiologist
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
September, 1996 – July, 1998.
NIMH grant funded research assistant in the Minnesota Twin/Family Study, a
longitudinal study of genetic and environmental influences on the etiology of
alcoholism, substance abuse, and related disorders. Duties included
psychophysiological data collection, including EEG, EMG, heart rate, blood pressure,
and others. Conducted intelligence testing, drew blood, and collected anthropometric
measurements. Other duties included assisting in the methodological designs and
analyses of two twin research studies. Co-developed a scale for rating physical
similarity between twins for future studies (see publications). Supervised research
assistants in all aspects of data collection. Assisted in the data collection and
analyses of studies investigating the relationship between EEG asymmetry and
depression (Full-time employment for 2.2 years; Supervision: William Iacono, Ph. D,
David Lykken, Ph. D., and Gloria Leon, Ph. D.).
PUBLICATIONS
Publications:
Klump, K, Holly, A., Iacono, W., McGue, M. and Willson, L. (2000). Physical Similarity
and Twin Resemblance for Eating Attitudes and Behaviors: A Test of the equal environment
assumption. Behavioral Genetics 30 (1): 51-58.
Presentations:
Holly, A. (2010). Health Anxiety in Kids: Treatment for anxious kids and overprotective
parents. ADAA, Baltimore, Maryland.
Holly, A. (2009). Exercise: A Non-negotiable adjunct to the treatment of anxiety disorders.
ADAA, New Mexico.
Holly, A. (2009). Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Young Children. Presentation at
ADAA, New Mexico.
Holly, A. (2008). Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Young Children. Presentation at
ADAA, Virginia.
Holly, A. (2007). Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques for Patients with Major Depression.
Presentation for treatment providers at Lake County Mental Health Services.
Holly, A. (2007). Treating Panic Disorder in Young Children. Presentation at ADAA –
2007, St. Louis, Missouri.
Holly, A. (2006). Overcoming Treatment Barriers in Adults with OCD and Treating Severe
Social Phobia. Two Presentations at ADAA – 2006, Miami, Florida.
Holly, A. and Burns, J. (2002). Cluster Analyses of MMPI-2 Profiles in a Chronic Pain
Sample: A Refined Method. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Pain
Society, Chicago, Illinois.
Holly, A. and Catanese, S. (2002). Outcomes Research for Quality Improvement Program at
the Center for Rehabilitation, 2001. Poster presented at annual Think Tank, Lake Forest,
Illinois.
Holly, A. and Catanese, S. (2001). Outcomes Research for Quality Improvement Program at
the Center for Rehabilitation, 2000. Poster presented at annual Think Tank, Lake Forest,
Illinois.