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Overview

Susan M. Orsillo is affiliated with Suffolk University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Gender Studies.

Their scholarly work covers multiple main topics that include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Orsillo has contributed to a number of frequent publication venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
  • Sexuality & Culture
  • Sex Roles

Recent publications include:

  • Values, acceptance, and belongingess in graduate school: Perspectives from underrepresented minority students, 2020, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Predictors of Sexual Consent Communication Among Sexual Minority Cisgender and Nonbinary Young Adults During a Penetrative Sexual Encounter with a New Partner, 2021, Sexuality & Culture
  • Predictors of Sexual Consent Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Cisgender and Nonbinary Young Adults, 2021, Sex Roles
  • Gender and sexual minority status as predictors of sexual consent attitudes among cisgender young adults, 2021, Psychology and Sexuality
  • A randomized controlled pilot study evaluating Worry Less, Live More: The Mindful Way Through Anxiety Workbook, 2020, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Collaborations have been a consistent feature of Orsillo's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Lizabeth Roemer
  • Gabrielle I. Liverant
  • Alexandria N. Miller
  • John L. McKenna
  • Michael K. Suvak

Best Publications

  • The Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Development and validation.

    E B Foa;D F Tolin;A Ehlers;D M Clark

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Paula P. Schnurr;Matthew J. Friedman;Charles C. Engel;Edna B. Foa

  • Expanding Our Conceptualization of and Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Integrating Mindfulness/Acceptance-Based Approaches With Existing Cognitive-Behavioral Models

    Lizabeth Roemer;Susan M. Orsillo

  • Efficacy of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: evaluation in a randomized controlled trial.

    Lizabeth Roemer;Susan M. Orsillo;Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault

  • The effects of acceptance versus suppression of emotion on subjective and psychophysiological response to carbon dioxide challenge in patients with panic disorder

    Jill T. Levitt;Timothy A. Brown;Susan M. Orsillo;David H. Barlow

  • Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in generalized anxiety disorder: preliminary evidence for independent and overlapping contributions.

    Lizabeth Roemer;Jonathan K. Lee;Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault;Shannon M. Erisman

  • Practitioner's guide to empirically based measures of anxiety

    Martin M. Antony;Susan M. Orsillo;Lizabeth Roemer

  • Fear and Avoidance of Internal Experiences in GAD: Preliminary Tests of a Conceptual Model

    Lizabeth Roemer;Kristalyn Salters;Susan D. Raffa;Susan M. Orsillo

  • The case for mindfulness-based approaches in the cultivation of empathy: does nonjudgmental, present-moment awareness increase capacity for perspective-taking and empathic concern?

    Jennifer Block-Lerner;Carrie Adair;Jennifer C. Plumb;Deborah L. Rhatigan

  • An open trial of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder.

    Lizabeth Roemer;Susan M Orsillo

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Susan M. Orsillo;Sonja V. Batten

  • Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice

    Lizabeth Roemer;Susan M. Orsillo

  • Emotional processing in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Brett T. Litz;Susan M. Orsillo;Danny Kaloupek;Frank Weathers

  • Mindfulness: A Promising Intervention Strategy in Need of Further Study

    Lizabeth Roemer;Susan M. Orsillo

  • An Investigation of Gender Differences in Social Phobia

    Cynthia L. Turk;Richard G. Heimberg;Susan M. Orsillo;Craig S. Holt

  • A Preliminary Investigation of the Role of Strategic Withholding of Emotions in PTSD

    Lizabeth Roemer;Brett T. Litz;Susan M. Orsillo;Amy W. Wagner

  • Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and treatment.

    Susan M. Orsillo;Lizabeth Roemer

  • A preliminary test of the role of experiential avoidance in post-event functioning

    Jennifer C Plumb;Susan M Orsillo;Jane A Luterek

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with peacekeeping duty in Somalia for U.S. military personnel.

    Brett T. Litz;Susan M. Orsillo;Matthew Friedman;Peter Ehlich

  • Increases in retrospective accounts of war-zone exposure over time : The role of PTSD symptom severity

    Lizabeth Roemer;Brett T. Litz;Susan M. Orsillo;Peter J. Ehlich

Frequent Co-Authors

Lizabeth Roemer
Lizabeth Roemer University of Massachusetts Boston
Brett T. Litz
Brett T. Litz Boston University
Michael K. Suvak
Michael K. Suvak Suffolk University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
M. Tracie Shea
M. Tracie Shea Brown University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Patricia A. Resick
Patricia A. Resick Duke University
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Richard G. Heimberg
Richard G. Heimberg Temple University

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