FEAR LaB Florida Exposure and Anxiety Research (FEAR)

Dr. McNamara is a licensed psychologist and director of the UF Exposure and Anxiety Research Lab. He conducts clinical research that focuses on factors related to improving treatment outcomes for patients with OCD and related disorders. He has been the research mentor for 10 graduate students and has clinically supervised 120 graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows, as well as 60 psychiatry residents.

Dr. Guastello is a licensed psychologist and co-director of the UF Florida Exposure and Anxiety Research Lab. In her role as a clinical faculty member, she provides clinical supervision to psychology and psychiatry trainees as well as research mentorship to graduate students with areas of specialty in Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders and Parent Child Interaction Therapy.

Dr. Barthle-Herrera has extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT-E/RP). She specializes in the treatment of Anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. She has a specific interest in anxiety and OCD related to pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Barthle-Herrera’s research interests include treatment outcomes for CBT-E/RP treatment interventions, as well as topics associated with OCD and related disorders. Dr. Barthle-Herrera is the clinical coordinator for the Division of Psychology OCD Program.

Ashley has specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention to treat patients with OCD, Anxiety, and Related Disorders across the lifespan. She is the clinical coordinator for the Center of OCD, Anxiety, and Related Disorders and is passionate about bridging the gap between clinical practice and research.

Ryan is a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida. He is interested in understanding the role social factors, such as stigma, have in OCD and anxiety disorders. Ryan is also interested in identifying methods to augment exposure and response prevention to improve treatment adherence and treatment response.

Seth is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at UF. His research interests include investigating factors that impact treatment outcome and increasing utilization of evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. He is also interested in understanding patients’, clinicians’, and family members’ perspectives on these disorders and the treatment they receive.

Tannaz is a fourth-year graduate student at the University of Florida in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Pediatric/Child Psychology track, and studies under the mentorship of Dr. Joseph McNamara. Her research interests include the effects of parenting and emotion regulation on OCD and anxiety treatment outcome.