Anxiety and Behavioral Health Services
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PARTICIPATING PSYCHOLOGICAL
PRACTICES:
Joseph P. DeCola, Ph.D., LLC:
Dr. DeCola received a doctorate in clinical psychology at The University
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he worked with Dr. Michelle Craske
at The Anxiety Disorders Behavioral Research Program. He completed an
internship at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital where
he served on the staff of the OCD Day Treatment Clinic and The Anxiety
Disorders Clinic. He was awarded an Individual Postdoctoral Research
Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Prior to beginning his clinical doctorate at UCLA, Dr. DeCola received
his first Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from The University at Albany
of the State University of New York. In that program, he studied learning
theory and his research focused on the Pavlovian conditioning of fear.
He accepted a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Neuroscience at UCLA’s
Brain Research Institute to pursue research in the neuroanatomy of fear.
In 2000, Dr. DeCola became a licensed clinical psychologist in the State
of Ohio and in 2003 he was appointed as the Director of Clinical Services
for the Anxiety & Stress Disorders Clinic located in the Department
of Psychology at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is currently a Clinical
Assistant Professor at the OSU Department of Psychiatry and teaches in
their psychiatry resident training program. He maintains membership in
the American Psychological Association and the Ohio Psychological Association.
Dr. McCreary received her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Ohio State University (OSU) in 1999. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship that included clinical training from the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at OSU as well as a research component through Johns Hopkins University. Dr. McCreary obtained her license as a psychologist in 2002.
In addition to conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety, Dr. McCreary has special interests in grief counseling, the treatment of complicated bereavement, and the treatment of perinatal mood disorders such as postpartum depression. She also works frequently with clients suffering form depression or bipolar affective disorder.
Dr. McCreary holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at OSU where she conducts clinical supervision with graduate student therapists. She maintains membership in the American Psychological Association, the Ohio Psychological Association, and the Association for the Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
