Richard G. Heimberg, Ph.D.

Email:  heimberg@temple.edu
Phone: (215) 204-7489

Interests: Anxiety disorders; social anxiety disorder (social phobia); generalized anxiety disorder; cognition and information-processing in psychopathology; emotion dysregulation in psychopathology; cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety; cognitive and behavioral assessment.

Richard G. Heimberg is Professor and the David Kipnis Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Psychology. He also serves as Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University. Dr. Heimberg is well known for his efforts to develop cognitive-behavioral treatments for social anxiety and examine their efficacy in comparison to (or in combination with) medication treatments. More recently, he and his colleagues have initiated a program for the study and treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. His research has been supported by a number of grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Heimberg has published more than 325 articles and chapters on social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, and related topics. He is co-editor or co-author of several books including

• Social phobia: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment (1995)
• Managing social anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach (2nd edition, 2010)
• Cognitive-behavioral treatment for social phobia: Basic mechanisms and clinical strategies (2002)
• Generalized anxiety disorder: Advances in research and practice (2004)
• Making cognitive-behavioral therapy work: Clinical process for new practitioners (2nd edition, 2010)
• Improving outcomes and preventing relapse in cognitive behavioral therapy (2005)

Dr. Heimberg is Past President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He was also Editor of Behavior Therapy (2006-2009), the flagship journal of that association, and currently serves on 11 editorial boards. Dr. Heimberg was named one of the four most influential psychological researchers in anxiety in a 2001 survey of members of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and he serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of that association. He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and was the inaugural recipient of the Academy's A.T. Beck Award for Significant and Enduring Contribution to Cognitive Therapy. He is a previous recipient of the Outstanding Research Award of the American Society for Group Work. He has also received awards from the Department of Psychology at his graduate alma mater Florida State University (2005 Doctoral Graduate of Distinction), from Temple University (2005 Paul Eberman Award for Excellence in Research), and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (Outstanding Mentor 2006).