Lorie A. Ritschel, PhD

Dr. Ritschel received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2006. She completed her predoctoral internship and one year of postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, and she came to Emory to complete an additional postdoctoral fellowship in adolescent mental health under the direction of Dr. Craighead. She joined the faculty at Emory in 2008. Dr. Ritschel specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and emotion dysregulation in adolescents and adults. Clinically, she specializes in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and she is a national trainer of DBT. She is particularly interested in non-suicidal self-injury (e.g., cutting) as an emotion regulation strategy. Her research interests include:

1. Treatment outcomes research for problems with depression and emotion regulation, with particular interest in (a) predictor variables, (b) treatment-refractory populations, and (c) the development of novel treatment approaches
2. Emotion dysregulation and emotion regulation strategies, particularly non-suicidal self-injury
3. Positive psychology constructs, including hope and mindfulness, and their impact on therapeutic outcomes