Ellen Costello, PHD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
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Process and outcome research in partial hospital settings.
Self-change processes.
Novel applications of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to treatments for suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury, and anorexia nervosa.
Self-change processes.
Novel applications of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to treatments for suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury, and anorexia nervosa.
Biography
Director, Women's Partial Hospital ProgramAssistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Direct a partial hospital program that utilizes dialectical behavior therapy principles.
Current areas of interest include affect regulation; maladaptive behavior change processes,particularly in relation to non-suicidal self-injury; psychotherapeutic process and outcome in partial hospital setings; experiential avoidance; self-acceptance-based interventions to reduce shame and loneliness; and mindfulness.