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Education

• B.S. University of Florida

  M.S. University of Florida

  Ph.D. Counseling & Developmental Psychology, University of Florida, College of Medicine

  Internship: Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida, College of Medicine

  Postdoctoral Fellowship: Medical Psychology, University of Florida

Biography

Dr. McNamara’s training includes the completion of Ph.D. programs in both Counseling and Developmental Psychology, an Internship in Clinical and Health Psychology, and Psychology Residency in the Division of Medical Psychology at the University of Florida. Over the course of his training, he sought out an array of clinical experiences in a variety of settings such as counseling centers, psychiatric outpatient facilities, and hospitals. These training experiences provided him with a solid foundation for treating a variety of disorders from a cognitive behavioral perspective. Moreover, Dr. McNamara has worked with patients across the lifespan, ranging from ages 4 to 83. He treats both children and adults and has received additional training in Exposure-Response Therapy (ERT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). He has also received training in the treatment of insomnia. Within the teaching domain, Dr. McNamara is qualified to teach Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), therapeutic treatment of anxiety disorders, therapeutic treatment of depression, psychotherapy, supervision, and typical development.

Dr. McNamara conducts clinical research with patients as part of daily, biweekly, and weekly outpatient CBT for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, and other anxiety related disorders. His research interests are concerned with the development of executive functioning, the role sleep plays in executive functioning, and the impact of executive function and sleep on 1) adherence to psychological recommendations, 2) medical regimen adherence, and 3) treatment outcome. Currently, Dr. McNamara’s research team has 26 undergraduate students working on a seven different research projects.

 

Leadership and Service

Interests

 

Joseph McNamara, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Division of Medical Psychology

 

Representative Publications

• Byrd, D.L., van der Veen, T., McNamara, J.P.H., & Berg, W.K. (2004). Preschoolers Don't Practice What They Preach: Preschoolers' Planning Performances With Manual and Spoken Response Requirements. Journal of Cognition and Development, 5, 427-449.

  McCrae, C. S., Rowe, M. A., Tierney, C. G., Dautovich, N. D., DeFinis, A. L., & McNamara, J. P. H. (2005). Subjective and objective sleep patterns, sleep complaints, psychological adjustment, and health in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, 182-189.

  McCrae, C. S., Tierney, C. G., & McNamara, J. P. H. (2005). Behavioral intervention for insomnia: Future directions for nontraditional caregivers at various stages of care. Clinical Gerontologist, 29, 95-115.

  Berg, W. K., Byrd, D.L., McNamara, J. P. H., MacDonlad, C. A., (2006). New Indices of Planning Abilities Using the Tower of London Task. In A. Poreh (Ed) The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment. Lisse, the Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger. 225-248.

  McCrae, C. S., McNamara, J. P. H., Rowe, M. A., Dzierzewski, J. M., Dirk, J., Marsiske, M., & Craggs, J. G. (2008). Sleep and affect in older adults: Using multilevel modeling to examine daily associations. Journal of Sleep Research, 17, 42-53.

  Storch, E. A., McNamara, J. P. H., Jordan, C., Marien, W. E., Jacob, M. L., Murphy, T. K., Goodman, W. K., & Geffken, G. R. (2008). Associations between miscellaneous symptoms and symptom dimensions in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 21, 199-212.

  Berg, W. K., Byrd, D. L., McNamara, J.P.H., & Case, K. (2010). Deconstructing the tower: Parameters and predictors of problem difficulty on the Tower of London task. Brain and Cognition, 72, 472–482.