Diane B. Arnkoff Professor email: arnkoff@cua.edu  331 O'Boyle 202-319-5764 Fax: 202-319-6263

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My research focuses on two topics. The first is anxiety in non-clinical populations, particularly evaluation anxiety. Our research group has done several studies, for example, on oral examinations, and recent studies on the experiences of first-year law students and predictors of bar passage in law graduates. My second research area is psychotherapy, from the perspective of psychotherapy integration. In recent years we have studied clients' perceptions of the helpful and hindering aspects of their psychotherapy, and a current focus is the treatment decisions made by eclectic and integrative therapists.

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Education

Ph.D., 1979, Pennsylvania State University, Clinical Psychology.  

M.A., 1973, Sir George Williams University (Montreal), Applied Psychology. 

A.B., 1970, University of Chicago, Major in Psychology

Selected Publications

Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., & Shapiro, S. J. (2002). Clients' expectations and preferences. In J. C. Norcross (Ed.), Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients (pp. 335-356). New York: Oxford University Press. 

 

DiGiorgio, K. E., Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., Lyhus, K. E, & Walter, R. C. (2004). EMDR and theoretical orientation: A qualitative study of how therapists integrate EMDR into their approach to psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 14, 227-252.

 

Elkin, I., Yamaguchi, J., Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., Sotsky, S. M., & Krupnick, J. L. (1999). "Patient-treatment fit" and early engagement in therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 9, 437-451.

 

Siddique, H. I., LaSalle-Ricci, V. H. Glass, C. R., Arnkoff, D. B., & Díaz, R. (in press). Worry, optimism, and expectations as predictors of anxiety and performance in the first year of law school. Cognitive Therapy and Research.

 

Recent Courses

PSY 429: Abnormal Psychology 

PSY 522: Psychotherapy: Theory and Research 

PSY 907: Practicum in Individual Psychotherapy 

PSY 921: Psychotherapy: Research and Method