Phone: 212-246-5737
Email: PuliafiA@childpsych.columbia.edu

Anthony Puliafico, Ph.D., is a clinician at the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD). Dr. Puliafico specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with anxiety disorders, including social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as the treatment of children and adolescents with behavior problems, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). He has extensive experience in cognitive-behavioral therapy, systemic family therapy, and parent-child interaction therapy. Besides conducting individual therapy, Dr. Puliafico also currently leads behavior management groups for parents of children with ADHD and ODD.

Dr. Puliafico received his B.S. with Distinction from Cornell University, where he majored in Human Development, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Temple University. Dr. Puliafico completed his clinical psychology internship at Bellevue Hospital Center/NYU Medical Center, during which time he served as a clinician at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Puliafico has trained at various other treatment facilities, including the Temple University Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, and Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. He currently also serves as a clinician at the New York State Psychiatric Institute Children’s Day Unit.

Dr. Puliafico has published in peer-reviewed journals including Psychological Assessment, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, and Journal of Anxiety Disorders. He also has given numerous presentations on anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence and managing anxiety in school settings. Dr. Puliafico is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

Professional Publications

Puliafico, A.C., Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2007). Social phobia in youth: The diagnostic utility of feared social situations. Psychological Assessment, 19, 152-158.

Puliafico, A.C., & Kendall, P.C. (2006). Threat-related attentional bias in anxiety-disordered youth: A review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 9, 162-180.

Kendall, P.C., Puliafico, A.C., Barmish, A.J., Choudhury, M.S., Henin, A., & Treadwell, K.S. (2007). Assessing anxiety disorders with the Child Behavior Checklist and the Teacher Report Form. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 1004-10015.

Robin, J., Puliafico, A.C., Creed, T.A., Comer, J.S., Hofflich, S., Barmish, A., Suveg, C., & Kendall, P.C. (2005). Generalized anxiety disorder. In M. Hersen & J.C. Thomas (Eds.) Child Psychopathology. NY: John Wiley & Sons.

Oslin, D.W., Zubritsky, C., Brown, G., Mullahy, M., Puliafico, A.C., & Ten Have, T.  (2004). Managing Suicide Risk in Late Life: Access to Firearms as a Public Health Risk.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, 30-36.

Hedtke, K.A., Aschenbrand, S.A., Puliafico, A.C., Hughes, A., & Kendall, P.C. (2003).  Cognitive-behavioral therapy.  In T. Ollendick and C. Schroeder (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Pediatric and Child Psychology.  Plenum: New York.

Kendall, P.C., Comer, J.S., Marker, C.D., Creed, T.A., Puliafico, A.C., Hughes, A.A., Martin, E.D., Suveg, C., & Hudson, J.L. (in press). In-session exposure tasks and therapeutic alliance across the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Professional Presentations

Puliafico, A.C., Kendall, P.C., Barmish, A.J., Choudhury, M., & Henin, A. (2005, August). Assessing Anxiety Disorders Using the CBCL and TRF. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Puliafico, A.C., Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2004, November). Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth: Exploring the Diagnostic Utility of Feared Social Situations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Puliafico, A.C., Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2003, November). Exploring the Utility of Subtyping in Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.

Puliafico, A.C., Robin, J.A., Webb, A., & Kendall, P.C. (2003, November). Paternal Substance Abuse, Parenting, and Children’s Internalizing Symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.

Puliafico, A.C., Verduin, T., Angelosante, A.G., Comer, J.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2002, November). The Role of Birth Order in Childhood Social Anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, Nevada.

Gallagher, R., Comer, J.S., Puliafico, A.C., Rackley, C., & Verduin, T.L. (2007). The neuropsychology of CBT for children: What cognitive demands are required of our patients? Clinical Round Table presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Barmish, A., Puliafico, A.C., Beidas, R.S., & Kendall, P.C. (2006). Social support in the close friendships of anxiety-disordered youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, Illinois.

Kendall, P.C., Creed, T.A., Puliafico, A.C., Hughes, A.A., & Comer, J.S. (2005, November). Effects of exposure tasks on the therapeutic alliance within a cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety in youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington, D.C.

Aschenbrand, S.G., Angelosante, A.G., Puliafico, A.C., & Kendall, P.C. (2004, November). Does Parental Psychopathology Bias Parents’ Reporting of Children’s Symptoms? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Verduin, T.L., Robin, J.A., Puliafico, A.C., & Kendall, P.C. (2003, November). Assessing Peer Relationships of Anxious Children: Factors Related to Parent-Child Agreement.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.

Comer, J.S., Angelosante, A.G., Puliafico, A.C., & Kendall, P.C. (2002, November).  Predictors of Parent-Child Disagreement in Anxious Youth: A look at Parental Symptomatology and Marital Adjustment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, Nevada.