Dana A. Satir, Ph.D. 6
CURRICULUM VITAE
DANA A. SATIR, PH.D.
100 Arapahoe, Suite 12, Boulder, CO 80302
1780 South Bellaire, Suite 485, Denver, CO 80222
Phone: 720.921.7934
Email:
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014-present Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice, Denver and Boulder, CO
2014-present Adjunct Instructor, Department of School and Counseling Psychology,
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2014 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of School and Counseling Psychology,
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2012-2013 Primary Individual and Family Therapist, Inpatient/Residential Unit,
Eating Recovery Center, Denver, CO
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
2013-present Licensed Psychologist, State of Colorado (CO 0003931)
2011-2012 Post Doctoral Fellow
Eating Disorders Unit, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
2004-2011 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Boston University, Boston, MA
2010-2011 Pre-doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology
Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
2001 A.B. in Psychology and Spanish Language and Literature, cum laude
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013-2014 American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship
2008-2012 Delegate, Research-Practice Committee
Academy for Eating Disorders, Deerfield, IL
2012 Developmental Psychobiological Endowment Fund Grant
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
2008-2010 Fund for Psychoanalytic Research Award
American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, NY
2007 Psychoanalytic Research Training Program Fellow, Anna Freud Centre Program
Yale University, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014- present Adjunct Instructor, Department of School and Counseling Psychology,
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2014 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of School and Counseling Psychology
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2004-2007 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Psychology & Statistics
Psychology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA
GRANTS
2011-2012 Principal Investigator (Total Direct Costs = $4000)
Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Adolescents with Anorexia: A Pilot Study
Developmental Psychobiological Endowment Fund Grant
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
· Designed and administered a four-week, eight session Cognitive Remediation Therapy intervention for N = 10 adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Conducted neuropsychological testing and assessment of eating disorder and related psychopathology pre- and post-treatment.
2008-2010 Principal Investigator (Total Direct Costs = $60,000)
Alliance-Focused Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
Fund for Psychoanalytic Research, American Psychoanalytic
Association, New York, NY
· Evaluated a novel relational treatment (Alliance-Focused Treatment, AFT) for N=6 adult women with anorexia nervosa using a replicated single-case design comparing AFT to Behavior Therapy on the following variables: kilocalories, quality of life, mood, cognitive and behavioral symptoms of anorexia, and quality of the therapeutic alliance.
CLINICAL TRAINING
2011-2012 Post Doctoral Fellow in Eating Disorders, Children’s Hospital Colorado,
Aurora, CO
· Clinical-research fellow on a pediatric eating disorders unit.
· Practiced Maudsley Family Therapy, CBT and psychodynamic psychotherapy with adolescent patients with eating disorders.
· Program development: co-facilitating intensive outpatient program three days per week; and designing curriculum of weekly Multi-Family groups.
2010-2011 Intern, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
· Conducted inpatient, including psychiatric emergency room, and outpatient therapy with severely mentally ill patients in a community setting.
· Inpatient duties included individual and group therapy, psychological testing (i.e., cognitive and personality, authoring integrated reports).
· Outpatient duties included individual therapy, DBT skills training, treatment in the Psychological Research Center (twice weekly psychodynamic therapy), and intakes.
2004-2010 Extern, Eating Disorders Program, Boston University, Boston, MA
· Received formal training in integrative treatments for anorexia and bulimia.
· Protocol therapist on NIMH-funded bulimia nervosa and borderline personality disorder trial comparing two versions of CBT.
2005-2009 Extern, Adult Anxiety Program, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders Boston University, Boston, MA
· Received formal training in the administration of manual-based CBT for mood and anxiety disorders. Provided individual CBT to adult clients with a range of anxiety, depressive, sexual and personality disorders.
2008-2009 Extern, MIT Mental Health Service, Cambridge, MA
· Provided long-term psychodynamically-oriented and integrative psychotherapy for adolescents in a college mental health setting.
2007-2008 Extern, Freedom Trail Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
· Trained in CBT for schizophrenia and psychotic disorders for individuals with chronic and first-episode psychosis.
2006-2007 Extern, Adult Partial Hospital, Mclean Hospital, Belmont, MA
· Trained in CBT for individual consultation and short-term psychotherapy for individuals with severe mood, psychotic and personality disorders.
2005-2006 Extern, The Danielsen Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA
· Provided long-term therapy based on a reflective-practitioner model, with an emphasis on the interface of psychology and spiritual perspectives.
PROVISION OF CLINICAL SUPERVISION
2014-2015 Small Group Supervisor, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2014 Graduate Practicum Supervisor, Department of School and Counseling Psychology, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2007-2010 Graduate Student Supervisor, Eating Disorders Program, Psychological Services
Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
2007-2008 Graduate Student Supervisor, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders,
Psychological Services Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEES
2016-present Co-chair Psychodynamic and Integrative Psychotherapies Special Interest Group
Academy for Eating Disorders
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2003-present Academy for Eating Disorders
2001-present American Psychological Association (Division 39)
AD HOC EDITORIAL REVIEW
2012-present Psychotherapy Research
2012-present Psychotherapy
PUBLICATIONS
Thompson-Brenner, Ph.D., Shingleton, R.M., Satir, D.A., & Pratt, E.P. (2015). Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Borderline Personality. In H. Thompson-Brenner (Ed.). Casebook of Evidence-Based Approaches to Eating Disorders. New York: Guilford.
Satir, D.A., Harney, P., & Leary, K. (2014). Fear of Abandonment. In R. Summers & J. Barber (Eds.).
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Pragmatic Casebook. New York: Guilford.
Satir, D.A. (2013). The role and meaning of eating disorder therapist experience level. Psychotherapy,
50, 570-572.
Satir, D.A. (2013). Alliance ruptures and repairs in the treatment of patients with eating disorders. In
D. Bunnell (Ed.). Perspectives. Philadelphia, PA: Renfrew Center.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Satir, D.A., Franko, D., & Herzog, D. (2012). Clinician reactions to patients with
eating disorders: A review. Psychiatric Services, 63, 73-78.
Satir, D.A., Goodman, D., Gorman, B., Shingleton, R., Porcerelli, J., Pratt, L., Barlow, D.H. &
Thompson-Brenner, H. (2011). Alliance-Focused Therapy for anorexia nervosa. Psychotherapy, 48, 401-410.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Boisseau, C., Satir, D.A., Weingeroff, J., & Westen, D. (2010). Treatment of
adolescents with eating disorders: Significance of personality subtypes. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66, 277-301.
Satir, D.A., Thompson-Brenner, H., Boisseau, C. L., & Crisafulli, M. (2009). Countertransference
reactions to adolescent eating disorder patients: Relationships to symptoms and personality. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 42, 511-521.
Boisseau, C. L., Thompson-Brenner, H., Eddy, K. T., & Satir, D. A. (2009). Impulsivity and personality
variables in adolescents with eating disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 251-259.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Eddy, K.T., Satir, D.A., Boisseau, C.L., & Westen, D. (2008). Personality subtypes in
adolescent eating disorders: A replication study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 170-80.
Walsh, B.T., & Satir, D.A. (2005). Diagnostic issues. In J. Mitchell & C. Peterson (Eds.), Assessment of
Eating Disorders (pp. 1-16). New York: Guilford.
Walsh, B.T., & Satir, D.A. (2004). Classification of eating disorders 2002-2003. In S. Wonderlich, J.
Mitchell, M. De Zwann, & H. Steiger (Eds.), Eating Disorders Review Part I (pp. 155-163). Seattle: Radcliffe Medical.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Satir, D.A. (2016, May). Reflective functioning and Mentalization Based Treatment of eating disorders.
Clinical workshop presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders 2016, San
Francisco, CA.
Satir, D.A. (2014, January). Working with deception in a psychodynamic treatment. Clinical conference
presented at American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Pratt, E.M., Satir, D.A., Thompson, D. Shingleton, R., & Richards, L. (2013,
September). Focused vs. broad enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa and
borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial with moderator analyses. Poster
presented at the Annual Meeting of Eating Disorder Research Society, Bethesda, MD.
Satir, D.A. Applications of cognitive remediation therapy across levels of care. (2013, August).
Workshop conducted at the Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Eating Disorders Conference, Denver, CO.
Satir, D.A. (2012, May). The use of Experimental Single-case Design to study Relational Psychotherapy
and the Therapeutic Alliance in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. In L. Weisberg (Chair), Psychodynamic Special Interest Group (SIG). Symposium conducted at the International Conference on Eating Disorders 2012, Austin, TX.
Solomon, M., Satir, D.A., Bhatnagar, K., & Hagman, J. (2012, May). To tell or not to tell: The effect of
weight exposure in adolescents with eating disorders in an acute setting. Poster presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Austin, TX.
Shingleton, R., Weingeroff, J., Eddy, K., Satir, D.A., Pratt, E., & Thompson-Brenner, H. (2011, May).
Integrative cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with bulimia-spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Miami, FL.
Satir, D.A., Thompson-Brenner, H., & Weingeroff, J. (2010, June). I feel, therefore I am: Identity and
affect in adolescents with eating disorders. Poster presented at the Academy for Eating Disorders
International Conference, Salzburg, Austria.
Thompson-Brenner, H, Boisseau, C.L., & Satir, D.A. (2009, January). Adolescent eating disorders:
Treatment response in a naturalistic study. Poster presented at the Conference of the American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, NY.
Satir, D.A., & Thompson-Brenner, H. (2008, June). In P. Hogland (Chair), Integrative Treatments.
Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Barcelona, Spain.
Satir, D.A., & Thompson-Brenner, H., & Boisseau, C.L. (2007, May). Countertransference reactions to
adolescent eating disorder patients: Relationships to symptoms and personality. Paper presented at the
International Conference for the Academy of Eating Disorders, Baltimore, MD.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Boisseau, C.L., Satir, D.A., Eddy, K.T., Weingeroff, J, & Westen, D. (2007,
May). Treatment approach and outcome for adolescent eating disorders. Poster presented at the
International Conference for the Academy of Eating Disorders, Baltimore, MD.
Boisseau, C. L., Thompson-Brenner, H., Satir, D.A., Eddy, K. T., Weingeroff, J., & Westen, D. (2007,
May). Sexual characteristics in adolescent eating disorders: Psychopathology and psychotherapy. Poster presented at the International Conference for the Academy of Eating Disorders, Baltimore, MD.
Thompson-Brenner, H., Satir, D.A., Eddy, K.T., Boisseau, C.L., & Westen, D. (2005, April). Personality
subtypes in adolescents with eating disorders. Paper presented at the Academy for Eating Disorders
International Conference on Eating Disorders, Montreal.
Satir, D.A., & Devlin, M.J. (2004, May). Anxiety, stages of treatment, and anorexia nervosa. Paper
presented at the Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders, Orlando, FL.
Walsh, B.T., & Satir, D.A. (2003, May). Eating disorders in DSM-V? Paper presented at the Academy
for Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders, Denver, CO.
Kaplan, A.S., Walsh, B.T., Devlin, M.J., Olmsted, M., Carter, J., Attia, E.A., Woodside, B., Rockert, W.,
Escott, L., Satir, D.A., & Pike, K. (2002, November). Recruitment and retention in controlled clinical trials for anorexia nervosa. Poster presented at the Eating Disorders Research Society Conference, Charleston, SC.