Carolyn Davies

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

BA, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Davies teaches courses in clinical psychology and research methods. Her research and teaching interests include anxiety and related disorders, trauma and stress, and the intersection of science and practice. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and also serves as an undergraduate advisor in the department. Courses taught:

Methods of Inquiry in Psychology (Psych 241)

Adult Psychopathology (formerly Abnormal Psychology)

Anxiety and Related Disorders (Psych 391X)

Clinical Psychology Lab

Selected publications

Burklund, L. J., Davies, C. D., Niles, A., Torre, J. B., Brown, L., Vinograd, M., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M. Affect labeling: A promising new neuroscience-based approach to treating combat-related PTSD in veterans. (2024). Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1270424.

Tolin, D.F., O’Bryan, E. M., Davies, C. D., Diefenbach, G., & Johannesen, J. (2023). Central and peripheral nervous system responses to paced hyperventilation in anxious and healthy subjects. Biological Psychology, 176.

Diefenbach, G., Rudd, M.D., Merling, L., Davies, C.D., Katz, B.W., & Tolin, D.F. (2021). Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicidal inpatients. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(2), 224-240.

Levy, H. C., Worden, B. L., Davies, C. D., Stevens, K., Katz, B. W., Mammo, L., Diefenbach, G. J., & Tolin, D. F. (2020). The dose-response curve in cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 49(6), 439-454.

Davies, C.D., McGrath, P.B., Hale, L.R., Weiner, D.N., & Tolin, D.F. (2019). Mediators of change in capnometry guided respiratory intervention for panic disorder. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 44(2), 97-102. 

Brown, L.A., Davies, C.D., Gerlach, A., Cooper, R., Stevens, S., & Craske, M.G. (2018). Linguistic processing and script-driven imagery for trauma exposure: A proof of concept pilot trial. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 57, 16-23.

Davies, C.D., Young, K., Torre, J.B., Burlund, L.J., Goldin, P.R., Brown, L.A., Niles, A.N., Lieberman, M.D., & Craske, M.G. (2017). Altered time course of amygdala activation during speech anticipation in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 209, 23-29.

Davies, C.D. & Craske, M.G. (2015). Psychophysiological responses to unpredictable threat: effects of singular and combined cue and timing unpredictability. Emotion, 15(2), 195-200.

Davies, C.D., Niles, A.N., Pittig, A., Arch, J.J., & Craske, M.G. (2015). Physiological and behavioral indices of emotion dysregulation as predictors of outcome from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for anxiety. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 46, 35-43.

Davies, C.D., & Craske, M. G. (2014). Low baseline pCO2 predicts poorer outcome from behavioral treatment: Evidence from a mixed anxiety disorders sample. Psychiatry Research, 219(2), 311–315.

LeBeau, R.T., Davies, C.D., Culver, N.C., & Craske, M.G. (2013). Homework compliance counts in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 42(3), 171–179.  

Arch, J.J., Eifert, G.H., Davies, C.D., Viladarga, J.P., Rose, R.D., & Craske, M.G. (2012). Randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) versus acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for mixed anxiety disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(5), 750-765.