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Joseph Carpenter, PhD

   

Joseph K. Carpenter, PhD

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Clinical Research Psychologist

Women's Health Sciences Division

Email: Joseph.Carpenter@va.gov

Academic Appointment

Education

  • VA Boston/National Center for PTSD, Advanced Fellow in Women's Health, Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship
  • VA Boston Healthcare System, Predoctoral Psychology Internship
  • Boston University, Clinical Psychology, MA and PhD

Expertise and Interests

  • Strategies for improving CBT for PTSD and anxiety-related disorders, particularly through enhancing learning and memory
  • Mechanisms of change in PTSD and anxiety treatment
  • The role of learning and memory processes in fear-based psychopathology and its treatment
  • Tailoring treatment augmentation strategies to specific deficits in emotion regulation and cognitive processes

Featured Publications

Carpenter, J. K., Pineles, S. L., Griffin, M. G., Werner, K., Resick, P. A., & Galovski, T. E. (2024). Effect of PTSD treatment on cardiovascular reactivity during trauma memory recall and correspondence with symptom improvement. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), Article 2335865. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2335865 PTSDpubs id1633085 (PDF)

Carpenter, J. K., Pineles, S. L., Griffin, M. G., Pandey, S., Werner, K., Kecala, N. M., Resick, P. A. & Galovski, T. E. (2024). Heart rate reactivity during trauma recall as a predictor of treatment outcome in cognitive processing therapy for PTSD. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 176, Article 104519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104519 PTSDpubs id1632209 (PDF)

Carpenter, J. K., Moskow, D. M., & Hofmann, S. G. (2023). Enhanced mental reinstatement of exposure to improve extinction generalization: A study on claustrophobia and MRI fear. Behavior Therapy, 54(1), 156-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.08.002 PTSDpubs id1614706 (PDF)

Carpenter, J. K., Bragdon, L., & Pineles, S. L. (2022). Conditioned physiological reactivity and PTSD symptoms across the menstrual cycle: Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(3), 453-461. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001129 PTSDpubs id1583319 (PDF)

Carpenter, J. K., Pinaire, M., & Hofmann, S. G. (2019). From extinction learning to anxiety treatment: Mind the gap. Brain Sciences, 9(7), 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9070164 PTSDpubs id1516133 (PDF)

Key Projects

Ongoing randomized controlled trial examining the integration of memory support into cognitive processing therapy for PTSD.

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapist, Chair of Research Facilitation Committee

Awards and Honors

  • Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award, National Institute of Mental Health, 2022
  • William and Dorothy Bevan Graduate Research Scholarship, American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, 2018
  • Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association, 2018

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PTSD Information Voice Mail: (802) 296-6300
Email: ncptsd@va.gov
Also see: VA Mental Health

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