Kelly A. O'Brien, Ph.D.

Kelly A. O'Brien, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Office:	2109, Biology-Psychology
Phone:	(301) 405-4606
fax:	(301) 314-9566
E-mail:	kaobrien@psyc.umd.edu

Background Information:

Dr. O’Brien received her Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Florida in 2008 following completion of her clinical internship at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in the child-community track. She recently joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland as a Research Assistant Professor and serves as project coordinator for the Maryland ADHD Program.

Research and Teaching Interests:

Dr. O’Brien’s clinical and research interests focus on evidence based parent training interventions for families of children with disruptive behavior disorders. She has particular interest in examination of adaptations of evidence based treatments for different populations, including preventive interventions for families with young children at-risk for developing conduct problems. Dr. O’Brien provides clinical supervision and will teach undergraduate Abnormal Child Psychology. She can also provide clinical training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an empirically supported treatment for families of young children with conduct problems that includes in-vivo coaching of parenting skills.

Courses Taught:

Abnormal Child Psychology
Clinical Supervision

Recent Publications:

Storch, E. A., O’Brien, K. A., Adkins, J., Merlo, L. J., Murphy, T. K., & Geffken, G. R. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In E. Storch, G. Geffken, & T. Murphy (Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum.

O’Brien, K. A., Chase, R. M., & Eyberg, S.M. (2005). Oppositional defiant disorder. In J.E. Fisher & W. O’Donohue (Eds.), Practice guidelines for evidence based psychotherapy. New York: Kluwer.

Williams, E. N., Hurley, K., O’Brien, K. A., & DeGregorio, A. (2003). Development and validation of the Self-Awareness and Management Strategies (SAMS) Scales for Therapists. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 40, 278-288.

Clinical Psychology Program • Department of Psychology • University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-4411 • phone: 301-405-5890 • fax: 301-314-9566 • email: jcoldren@psyc.umd.edu