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Ashley Marie Shaw, Ph.D.

She/Her
Assistant Professor
Affiliated Faculty, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program

Location

Decary 216
Biddeford Campus

Dr. Ashley M. Shaw is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SSBS). Dr. Shaw is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in both Maine and Florida. She received her B.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (go Tar Heels!), and went on to receive her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in the adult division from University of Miami (UM). She completed her clinical psychology internship training in the cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) elective at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the child division at UM. Between 2019 and 2022, she was a Clinical Assistant Professor at Florida International University, where she was the Clinical Director of the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Anxiety Program and founded and directed the MINT Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents Program. From Fall, 2022 to Spring, 2023, Dr. Shaw was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College. Dr. Shaw’s program of research seeks to increase access to transdiagnostic evidence-based treatments (e.g., CBT and DBT) for emotional disorders (i.e., anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD) in children and adults. She seeks to achieve these goals by reducing barriers to care (e.g., via technology) and studying and aiding in the dissemination and implementation of these interventions with diverse providers and families in the community.

Credentials

Education

Ph.D.
University of Miami
2017
B.A.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2009

Clinical Affiliations

Peace Behavioral Health

Board Certifications and Licenses

Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Maine (PS 2511) and Florida (PY 10560)

Post-Doctoral Training

Two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the child division at University of Miami

Research

Current research

My current research projects focus on:

  • Adjustment and Well-Being of First-Generation College Students (IRB# 0624-13; currently recruiting)
  • Understanding community providers perception of the acceptability of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders for Adolescents for diverse families in the community, by analyzing qualitative interviews featuring therapists (data collection complete)

Selected publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Shaw, A. M., Hare, M. M., Conroy, K., Kehrer, S. M., Cummings, L. R., Ramos, M. C., & Comer, J. S. (2024). An exploratory study of service user and clinical outcomes in telehealth-delivered Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents. Psychological Services

Hare, M. M., Conroy, K., Georgiadis, C., & Shaw, A. M. (2024). Abbreviated Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills group for caregivers of adolescents: An exploratory study of service user and clinical outcomes. Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Conroy, K., Kehrer, S. M., Georgiadis, C., Hare, M. M., Mora Ringle, V., & Shaw, A. M. (2024). Learning from adolescents and caregivers to enhance acceptability and engagement within Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents skills groups: A qualitative study. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.  

Shaw, A. M., Halliday, E. R., Tonarely, N. A., & Ehrenreich-May, J. (2021). Relationship of affect intolerance to internalizing symptoms in youth. Journal of Affective Disorders, 280, 34-44.

Shaw, A. M., Halliday, E. R., & Ehrenreich-May, J. (2020). The effect of transdiagnostic emotion-focused treatment on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 26.  

Shaw, A. M., Carbonella, J. Y., Arditte Hall, K. A., & Timpano, K. R. (2017). Obsessive-compulsive and depressive symptoms: The role of depressive cognitive styles. Journal of Psychology, 151(6), 532-546.  

Shaw, A. M., Arditte Hall, K. A., Rosenfield, E., & Timpano, K. R. (2016). Body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and risk for suicide: The role of depression. Body Image, 19, 169-174.  

Shaw, A. M., & Timpano, K. R. (2016). An experimental investigation of the effect of stress on saving and acquiring behavioral tendencies: The role of distress tolerance and negative urgency. Behavior Therapy, 47(1), 116-129.  

Shaw, A. M., Timpano, K. R., Steketee, G. S., Tolin, D. F., & Frost, R. O. (2015). Hoarding and emotional reactivity: The link between negative emotional reactions and hoarding symptomatology. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 63, 84-90.  

Shaw, A. M., Timpano, K. R., Tran, T. B., & Joormann, J. (2015). Correlates of Facebook usage patterns: The relationship between passive Facebook use, social anxiety, and brooding. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 575-580.  
 

Other scholarly activity

Selected Chapters:

Shaw, A. M., Brown, R. L., Mora Ringle, V. A., & Cobham, V. E. (2021). Community Mental Health Delivery. In J. Ehrenreich-May & S. Kennedy (Eds). Applications of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pp. 162-179). Oxford University Press.

Shaw, A. M. & Halliday, E. R. (2021). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tic Disorder/Tourette’s. In J. Ehrenreich-May & S. Kennedy (Eds). Applications of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pp. 41-60). Oxford University Press.
 

Research interests

Dissemination and Implementation of Transdiagnostic Evidence-Based Treatments (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy) for Children and Adults with emotional disorders (anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD)