Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel
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Credentials

PhD

Associate Professor

Biography

Bio

I am a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. I conduct community-based intervention research focused on the development and implementation of more effective and accessible services to support youth mental health. My research also focuses on understanding how family relationships during adolescence can promote healthy emotion regulation and well-being or contribute to the development of psychopathology. I provide training and supervision in the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy to student learners, as well as practicing providers in the community. I also provide psychotherapy in the Department’s Early Stage Mood Disorders Clinic.

Expertise

Child and adolescent depression
Attachment theory and interventions
Community-based intervention research

Administrative Assistant

(for academic support only)
Molly Jokimaki
jokim004@umn.edu

In the Media

2022: Featured in this M Physicians article titled, “Coping with Grief During the Holiday Season.
2022: Coauthor of a study featured (although not named) in this MIDB article: "First Study to Evaluate Neurobiological Predictors of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents".

Research Summary

Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel’s currently funded research studies focus on addressing mental health disparities experienced by youth in rural communities, providing parents with guidance to support their adolescents’ mental health, and developing strategies for personalizing interventions for adolescents with depression.

Teaching Summary

Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel provides training and supervision in the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy to student learners, as well as practicing providers in the community. She also provides psychotherapy in the Department’s Early Stage Mood Disorders Clinic.

Clinical Summary

Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel's clinical interests include Child & Adolescent Mood Disorders Clinic; and Grief/Bereavement.

Education

PhD, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Major: Clinical Psychology; Child, Adolescent, and Family Concentration

MS, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Major: Clinical Psychology; Child, Adolescent and Family Concentration

BA with Honors, Wellesley College

Major: Psychology

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship,

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Predoctoral Internship,

Harvard Medical School, Clinical Child Psychology, Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

Licensures and Certifications

Licensed Psychologist, State of Minnesota

Honors and Recognition

University of Minnesota Physicians Clinical Excellence Award

University of Massachusetts Continuing Education Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Teaching, University of Massachusetts

Selected Publications

Reigstad, K., Marceau, K., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., VanZomeren, A. A., Westervelt, A., Brand, A.E., Zahn-Waxler, C., Hastings, P.D., & Klimes-Dougan, B., 2023. Parental processes mediate the link between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent psychopathology. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32 716-732.

Parkhill, C. Mufson, L., & Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., 2023. Impact of interpersonal problem area on outcomes for depressed adolescents treated with interpersonal psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 20220029

Zang, J., Buchanan, G., Piehler, T., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Bloomquist, M., 2022. The relationship between parent-adolescent conflict dynamics and adolescent depression. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 31 2535-2544.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02318-w

Klimes-Dougan, B., Basgoze, Z., Mueller, B., Wiglesworth, A., Carosella, K.A., Westlund Schreiner, M., Westervelt, A., Reigstad, K., Cullen, K.R., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., 2022. Structural and functional neural correlates of treatment response for interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (7): 1878.

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fjcm11071878 PubMed ID: 35407493.

Reigstad, K., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Westervelt, A., Gearity, A.R., 2022. Healthy Emotions and Relationships with Teens - A Guide for Parents (HEART-P): An intervention development study of a parent-based intervention for adolescents with depression. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 27 (3): 586-597.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221078416

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Klimes-Dougan, B., VanZomeren, A., & Ma, S., 2020. A data driven treatment assignment algorithm for depression in adolescence. Translational Psychiatry, 10 231-242.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., Eckshtain, D., Lee, S., Reigstad, K., Mufson, L., & Weisz, J., 2019. Latent profiles of cognitive and interpersonal risk factors for adolescent depression and implications for personalized treatment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 1957-1967.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., Mufson, L., Bernstein, G., Westervelt, A., Reigstad, K., Klimes-Dougan, B., Cullen, K. Murray, A., & Vock, D., 2019. Critical decision points for augmenting interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents: A pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58 80-91.

Selected Presentations

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., Lee, S., Piehler, T., Brand, A.E., Zahn-Waxler, C., Hastings, P.D., Klimes-Dougan, B. "Parents’ emotion socialization practices and the development of adolescent internalizing problems: A person-centered approach", Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California, April 15, 2023.

Khan, L., Ahmed, Z., Cayard, C., Krippner, M., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., Hudock, R., Weiler, L. "Community-based youth mentoring for autistic adolescents by autistic adults.", Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California, April 14, 2023.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L "Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents", Meeting of Interpersonal Psychotherapy, June 02, 2022.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L., (Chair) "Optimizing interventions for adolescents with depression and suicidal ideation: Pathways to precision mental health", Meeting of the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Convened Virutally, November 30, 2021.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "Adolescents’ and parents’ attitudes about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. In L. Dietz (Chair), IPT for Preteens and Adolescents Unmuted: Adapting Treatment for Telehealth during COVID-19 and Beyond.", Meeting of the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Convened Virtually, November 29, 2021.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "The Use of Measurement Based Care in the Management of Depression in Adolescents", M Health Fairview Counseling Centers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 30, 2021.

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "Personalizing evidence-based treatment for adolescents with depression", Minnesota Psychological Association Annual Conference, Plymouth, Minnesota, April 24, 2020.

Markale, R., Yan, C., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "Effect of treatment expectations on treatment outcome for depressed adolescents receiving IPT-A", Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 10, 2020.

Teng, J., Markale, R., Yan, C., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "Social problem solving among in depressed adolescents treated with interpersonal psychotherapy", Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 09, 2020.

Rondestvedt, M., Teng, J., Yan, C., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M. L. "The role of alexithymia in interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents.", Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 08, 2020.

Contact

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Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, 2025 E River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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