J. Gayle Beck
American clinical psychologist
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J. Gayle Beck is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma stress disorders[1] and anxiety disorders.[2] She is the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Emerita in the Department of Psychology at the University of Memphis and holds a part-time research position at the University of Michigan.
J. Gayle Beck | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor of Psychology |
| Awards | Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology (2016), Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology (2023) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brown University; State University of New York at Albany |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Memphis |
Beck was President of the Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA) Division 12, in 2012[3] and President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in 2004-2005.[4] She served as a member of the Board of the American Psychological Foundation[5] and as Editor in Chief of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.[6]
Awards
Beck was elected a Fellow of the APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), APA Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology), and APA Division 56 (Trauma Psychology).[7] She received the APA Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology from the Society of Clinical Psychology in 2016.[8]
Biography
Beck received an A.B. in Psychology and Education from Brown University in 1979. She subsequently completed a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology State University of New York at Albany in 1984,[9] with support from a Presidential fellowship from the State University of New York (1979-1982).[citation needed] Her dissertation titled "The effect of performance demand and attentional focus on sexual responding in functional and dysfunctional men,"[10] was supervised by David H. Barlow.[11]
Beck held faculty positions at the University of Houston (1984-1993) and the State University of New York, Buffalo (1993-2007) before moving to the University of Memphis in 2008.[12] Beck's clinical research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been funded by grants from the National Institute for Mental Health.[13][14] She led a multi-site randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of PTSD among veterans.[15] Beck is Director of the Athena Project at the University of Memphis, which provides free services, resources, and support for victims of domestic abuse.[16][17]
Book
- Rosen, R. C., & Beck, J. G. (1988). Patterns of sexual arousal: Psychophysiological processes and clinical applications. Guilford Press.
Representative research
- Beck, J. G., Bozman, A. W., & Qualtrough, T. (1991). The experience of sexual desire: Psychological correlates in a college sample. Journal of Sex Research, 28(3), 443-456.[18]
- Beck, J. G., Coffey, S. F., Palyo, S. A., Gudmundsdottir, B., Miller, L. M., & Colder, C. R. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): a replication with motor vehicle accident survivors. Psychological Assessment, 16(3), 289-298.[19]
- Beck, J. G., Grant, D. M., Read, J. P., Clapp, J. D., Coffey, S. F., Miller, L. M., & Palyo, S. A. (2008). The Impact of Event Scale-Revised: Psychometric properties in a sample of motor vehicle accident survivors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(2), 187-198.[20]
- Beck, J. G., McNiff, J., Clapp, J. D., Olsen, S. A., Avery, M. L., & Hagewood, J. H. (2011). Exploring negative emotion in women experiencing intimate partner violence: Shame, guilt, and PTSD. Behavior Therapy, 42(4), 740-750.[21]
- Beck, J. G., Palyo, S. A., Winer, E. H., Schwagler, B. E., & Ang, E. J. (2007). Virtual reality exposure therapy for PTSD symptoms after a road accident: An uncontrolled case series. Behavior Therapy, 38(1), 39-48.[22]