Anne Marie M Albano, PHD

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Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychology

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I am a professor of medical psychology, a clinical psychologist and board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. In addition to serving as Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders at 3 Columbus Circle, I also conduct research and train residents, fellows and psychology postdoctoral fellows and interns.
Our clinic treats children, adolescents, young adults and adults. Specialized programs, such as our Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) program for young children (ages 3-8), and our "Launching Emerging Adults Program" (ages 18-28) focus on treatment from a developmentally sensitive perspective. We offer individual, group, and family based cognitive behavioral therapy, in addition to psychiatric consultation and medication management.
In addition to clinical work, my research is focused on the development and testing of psychosocial treatments for anxiety and mood disorders, and in understanding the impact of these disorders on the developing youth. I was a PI of the "Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS)", a randomized clinical trial evaluating treatments for childhood anxiety disorders (see Walkup, Albano et al., 2008; NEJM) and for the "Treatments for Adolescents with Depression (TADS)" randomized clinical trial (TADS Team, JAMA, 2004).
I am editor of the journal "Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health", a past member of the Board of Directors of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and past president of both the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and past president of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology of the APA. I am a Fellow of Division 12, the Society of Clinical Psychology of the APA, a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. In 2015 I was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities" distinction by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Additional information: Dr. Albano devotes her career to the study and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. She is an expert diagnostician and cognitive behavioral therapist. Dr. Albano co-developed a cognitive behavioral treatment program for adolescents with social phobia, and is the co-author of a treatment manual and parent guide for school refusal behavior and of the treatment of depression in adolescents. In addition, she is the co-author of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children. Her book for parents “You and Your Anxious Child: Free Your Child from Fears and Worries and Create a Joyful Family Life” with Leslie Pepper, was published in 2013 by the Avery/Penguin Press. Dr. Albano authored or co-authored over 90 articles and chapters, conducts clinical research, supervises the research and clinical development of interns and postdoctoral fellows in psychology and psychiatry, and is involved in advanced training of senior clinicians in CBT.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Adjustment Disorder
Adolescent and Childhood Disorders
Adolescent Depression
Adult Psychotherapy
Anxiety and Depression
Child Psychology
Child Psychotherapy
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Research
Clinical Research Trials
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy
Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Diagnostic Evaluations
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Mental Health
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Parent-Child Relationship Problem
Parent Counseling
Psychotherapy
Relationship Problems
Social Anxiety Disorder
Stress Management
Work-Related Stress
Young Adults

Academic Appointments

Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at CUMC

Administrative Titles

Director, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Co-Clinical Director, Youth Anxiety Center at Columbus Circle and Washington Heights

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Gender

Female

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New and Existing Patients: (212) 342-3800

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ColumbiaDoctors - 3 Columbus Circle
3 Columbus Circle
Suite 1425
New York, NY 10019

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CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive
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New York, NY 10032





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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Mississippi

Honors & Awards

2015 Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
2014 Fellow, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
2013 Fellow, Division 12, Society for Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association
2012 Elina Manghi Memorial Lecturer, Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago IL
2011 Virginia Tarlow MD, Memorial Lecturer in Psychiatry, Northwestern/Feinberg School of Medicine
2010 Todd Ouida Annual Lecture in Childhood Anxiety and Depression, University of Michigan
2008 Rosenberry Award in Behavioral Sciences, the Children's Hospital, University of Colorado at Denver
2005 Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
2001 Beck Institute Scholar in Cognitive Therapy and Research
2001 Recanati Family Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine

Research

Development and dissemination of effective treatments for anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. Evaluate cost-effective dissemination models of CBT to community practices.

Research Interests

Anxiety and mood disorders

Selected Publications

Walkup J, Albano AM, Piacentini JP, Birmaher B, Compton S, Sherrill J, Ginsburg G, Rynn M, McCracken J, Waslick B, Iyengar S, March JS Kendall PC: Cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, or a combination in child anxiety. New England Journal of Medicine 2008;359: 2753-2766
White SW, Albano AM, Johnson CR, Kasari C, Ollendick TH, Kiln A, Oswald D, Scahill L: Development of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Program to Treat Anxiety and Social Deficits in Teens with High-Functioning Autism. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 2010;13: 77-90
White SW, Ollendick TH, Scahill L, Albano AM : Preliminary efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment program for anxious youth with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities 2009
Compton S, March JS, Brent DA, Albano AM, Weersing V, Curry JF : Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: An evidence based medicine review. . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2004;43: 930-959
The Treatments for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Team. J. S. March, corresponding author.: Fluoxetine, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Their Combination for Adolescents With Depression: Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) Randomized Controlled Trial.. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004;292: 807-820


For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov