About Dr. Springer
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I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida and then completed a clinical post-doctoral fellowship at the Anxiety Disorders Center/Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at Hartford Hospital/Institute of Living in Hartford, CT. This is where my passion grew for providing evidence-based treatment such as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as well as treating other anxiety, panic, hoarding, and depressive disorders using CBT. Following my post-doctoral fellowship, I remained on staff as a licensed clinical psychologist until 2018 before opening my private practice in Concord, Massachusetts. I continue to specialize in the treatment of anxiety and OCD.
I have authored The Big Book of Exposures: Innovative, Creative, and Effective CBT-Based Exposures for Treating Anxiety-Related Disorders (New Harbinger Publications), a book for professionals in the field of psychology, as well as several scientific journal articles as well as book chapters in the fields of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and chronic pain. I am deeply committed to helping patients get unstuck from the anxiety cycle that they are in. |
Publications
Books
Book Chapters
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Measures for Assessment
- Springer, K.S. & Tolin, D.T. (2020). The Big Book of Exposures: Innovative, Creative, and Effective CBT-Based Exposures for Treating Anxiety-Related Disorders. New Harbinger Publications. Link to Amazon
Book Chapters
- Springer, K.S., Worden, B., & Tolin, D.F. (2018). A research domain criteria (RDoC) perspective on hoarding disorder. Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders Part V: Etiology and Phenomenology of Specific OCD Spectrum Disorders.
- Tolin, D. & Springer, K. (2018). Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders in APA Handbook of Psychopathology (vol 1). American Psychological Association.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- Tolin, D. F., Sain, K. S., Davis, E., Gilliam, C., Hannan, S. E., Springer, K. S., Stubbing, J., George, J. R., Jean, A., Goldblum, R., Katz, B. W., Everhardt, K., Darrow, S., Ohr, E. E., Young, M. E., & Serchuk, M. D. (in press). The DIAMOND-KID: Psychometric properties of a structured diagnostic interview for DSM-5 anxiety, mood, and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in children and adolescents. Assessment.
- Springer, K.S., Levy, H.C., & Tolin, D.F. (2018). Remission in CBT for adult anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review.
- Levy, H. C., Billingsley, A., Hannan, S., Springer, K., Das, A., & Tolin, D. F. (2018). Utility of the Outcome Questionnaire-45.2 in outpatient specialty clinics: Results from a treatment-seeking sample with anxiety and related disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
- Tolin, D. F., Gilliam, C. M., Davis, E., Springer, K., Levy, H. C., Frost, R. O., & Steketee, G. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
- Springer, K.S., George, S.Z., & Robinson, M.E. (2016). The development of a technologically based hierarchy to assess chronic low back pain and pain-related anxiety from a fear-avoidance model. Journal of Pain, 17(8), 904-910.
- Otis, J.D., Sanderson, K., Hardway, C., Pincus, M., Tun, C., & Soumekh, S. (2013). A randomized controlled pilot study of a cognitive behavioral therapy approach for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Journal of Pain, 14(5), 475-482.
- Sanderson, K.B., Roditi, D., George, S.Z., Atchison, J.W., Banou, L., & Robinson, M.E. (2012). Investigating patient expectations and treatment outcome in a chronic low back pain population. Journal of Pain Research, 5, 15-22.
- Otis, J. D., Gregor, K., Hardway, C., Morrison, J., Scioli, E., & Sanderson, K. (2010). An examination of the co-morbidity between chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder on US Veterans. Psychological Services, 7(3), 126-135.
Measures for Assessment
- Tolin, D.F., Bowe, W., Davis, E., Hannan, S., Springer, K., Wooten, B.M., Bragdon, L., Gilliam, C., Hallion, L.S., & Steinman, S.A. (2017). Diagnostic Interview for Anxiety, Mood, and OCD and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders (DIAMOND).
Psychological Memberships
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
- International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF)
- Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA)