Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel
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Credentials
PhD
Bio
I am a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I completed my pre-doctoral internship at Children’s Hospital Boston and an NIMH T32 research post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University. Prior to joining the Psychiatry Department at the University of Minnesota, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.
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
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Adaptive interventions (SMART trials)
- Child and adolescent mood disorders
- Attachment theory and interventions
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 research focuses on understanding how family relationships during adolescence can promote healthy emotion regulation and wellbeing or contribute to the development of psychopathology. This work includes the examination of parents' and adolescents' interpersonal behaviors, emotions, and physiological responses during parent-adolescent interactions that are associated with depressive symptoms. Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel also conducts translational research integrating basic science with applied intervention research to develop methods and technologies for delivering more effective, personalized, and responsive care for youth with depression.
Teaching Summary
Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel provides training and supervision in the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy to psychology graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
Clinical Summary
Dr. Gunlicks-Stoessel's clinical interests include Child & Adolescent Mood Disorders Clinic; and Grief/Bereavement.