Lizabeth Roemer
Dr. Roemer's research focuses on understanding how individuals respond to unwanted emotional experiences in ways that ameliorate or exacerbate their difficulties and applying this understanding to the treatment of anxiety disorders. Most recently, with Dr. Susan Orsillo, she has been developing and examining the efficacy of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. She is interested in examining the ways that acceptance and/or mindfulness may be beneficial in distressing contexts, while avoidance or suppression of distress may be problematic.
Teaching
Undergraduate: Psychology of Personality, Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Trauma, Psychology of emotion
Graduate: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, Cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy
Selected Publications
Roemer, L., & Orsillo, S.M. (In press). An open-trial investigation of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy.
Roemer, L., Salters-Pedneault, K., & Orsillo, S.M. (2006). Incorporating mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. In R. Baer (Ed.) Mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions: Conceptualization, application, and empirical support. New York: Elsevier.
Orsillo, S.M., & Roemer, L. (Eds.) (2005). Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and Treatment. New York: Springer.
Roemer, L., Salters, K., Raffa, S., & Orsillo, S.M. (2005). Fear and avoidance of internal experiences in GAD: Preliminary tests of a conceptual model. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29, 71-88.
Roemer, L., & Salters, K. (2004). A preliminary study of the effects of directed suppression of rape-related material among rape survivors using unobtrusive measures. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32, 149-164.
Email: lizabeth.roemer@umb.edu
Office: McCormack, 4th floor, Room 215
Phone: 617-287-6358
Office Hours: Tu 11:00-12:30 and 2:30-4:00