James Hambrick is the group therapy coordinator and a clinician at the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Dr. Hambrick received his B. A. with honors in psychology and English from Washington & Lee University, and his M. A. from the University of Richmond. He is currently completing his dissertation on the impact of anxiety on communication in relationships at Temple University, under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Heimberg. His clinical training has focused on treating anxiety disorders across the lifespan in individual, group, and couples therapy.

Dr. Hambrick completed his internship, and served as Chief Psychology Intern, at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City. He has also trained in a number of inpatient and outpatient settings, including the Adult Anxiety Clinic at Temple University, Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, Winthrop Hospital in Garden City, New York, and the Counseling Center at Haverford College. In addition to anxiety, he has received specialized training in working with trauma, chronic and severe mental illness, and psychological assessment.

Dr. Hambrick’s primary research interests include the links between anxiety and interpersonal functioning, differences in the ways that individuals from different ethnic backgrounds experience and report depression and anxiety, and information-based models of emotion. Dr. Hambrick has been involved in several NIMH grant-supported studies investigating the efficacy of therapy and medication in the treatment of anxiety.

Phone: 212-246-5740

E-mail: hambricj@childpsych.columbia.edu

Publications

Hambrick, J., Henning, E., & Heimberg, R. (2004). Cognitive behavioral approaches to social anxiety disorder. Directions in Psychiatry.

Hambrick, J., Turk, C., Heimberg, R., Schneier, F., & Leibowitz, M. (2004). Psychometric properties of disability measures among patients with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18 (6), 825-839.

Heimberg, R. & Hambrick, J. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral interventions for phobias: Commentary on Barlow et al. In M. Maj, H. S. Akiskal, J. J. Lopez-Ibor, & A. Okasha’s Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, Vol. 7: Phobia, pp. 215-217. Chischester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

Hambrick, J., Weeks, J., Harb, G., & Heimberg, R. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: Supporting evidence and future directions. CNS Spectrums, 8 (5), 373-381.

Hambrick, J., Turk, C., Heimberg, R., Schneier, F., & Leibowitz, M. (2003). The experience of disability and quality of life in social anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 18 (1), 46-50.

Honors and Awards

Research Incentive Fund, Temple University, 2004

Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Richmond, 1998

Graduate Research Grant, University of Richmond, 1997