Department of Psychology

Steven R. Lawyer, Ph.D.  Steven R. Lawyer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology


Education

B.A. (1995), Western Michigan Unversity;  M.S. (1999), Auburn University,  Pre-Doctoral Clinical Resident (2001-2002), University of Mississippi Medical Center; Ph.D. (2002), Auburn University; and Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004), National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina.


Research Interests

Research interests include decision-making, trauma, and anxiety-related phenomena.

Clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral and other empirically-supported approaches to reducing anxiety-related and depressive symptoms, and brief psychotherapy.


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Selected Publications


Staley, C. S. & Lawyer, S. R. (in press). Behavioral activation and CBT as an intervention for coexistent major depression and social phobia for a biracial client with diabetes. Clinical Case Studies.

Rasmussen, E. B., Lawyer, S. R. & Reilly, W. (in press). Percent body fat is related to delay and probability discounting for food in humans. Behavioural Processes.

Lawyer, S. R. (2008). Delay and probability discounting of hypothetical erotic stimuli. Behavioural Processes, 79, 36-42.

Lawyer, S. R., Normandin, S., & Roberts, V. (2008). Cognitive-behavioral therapy. In S. F. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.). 21st century psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 323-332). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.