
Eric R. Clausell, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Clausell earned his doctoral degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Dr. Clausell’s graduate research focused on the legacy of childhood attachment relationships on relationship satisfaction of Gay and Lesbian Romantic Couples. Results of this research were published in the journal Developmental Psychology (2008). He completed his Predoctoral Clinical Internship at Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medicine. Dr. Clausell currently serves as the Director of the Couples & Family Program at Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division. In addition, Dr. Clausell serves as Lead Trainer and Consultant in VA Central Office of Family Services for the dissemination program of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy lead by Developer & Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Andrew Christensen, at University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, Dr. Clausell serves as clinical trainer and supervisor for Seattle VA’s Clinical training programs, including Predoctoral, Postdoctoral, and the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Resident Program where he currently serves at Rotation Supervisor for the VA Outpatient Couple and Family Therapy Rotation.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology (APA-accredited), Stanford University: School of Medicine, 2011-2012
Clinical Psychology Internship (APA-accredited), VA Palo Alto HCS, 2010-2011
Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
M.A., Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
B.A., City University of New York: Summa cum Laude, 2003
Training Programs
2021 – Present:
UW School of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency Program: R3 & R4 Rotation Supervisor – Seattle VA Outpatient Couple and Family Therapy Rotation
Scholarly Expertise
- Adult Psychiatry/Psychology
- LGBTQ+
- Mobile mental health
- Outpatient psychiatry/psychology
- Psychotherapies
- Telepsychiatry/psychology
- Telepsychiatry/telepsychology
- Training
- Veterans
- National & International Clinical Consultant: Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy
Clinical Expertise
- Couples & Family Therapy
- Family Therapy with Adult Children
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Brief interventions (specifics)
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy
- Strength at Home: Couple Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence
- Couple Skills Training Groups
Recent Publications
(2018 Nov)
Clin Neuropsychol 32(8): 1393-1410
Trittschuh EH, Parmenter BA, Clausell ER, Mariano MJ, Reger MA
(2008 Jun)
J Fam Psychol 22(3): 411-9
Oswald RF, Goldberg A, Kuvalanka K, Clausell E
(2008 Jan)
Dev Psychol 44(1): 91-101
Roisman GI, Clausell E, Holland A, Fortuna K, Elieff C
(2007 Apr)
J Pers Soc Psychol 92(4): 678-697
Roisman GI, Holland A, Fortuna K, Fraley RC, Clausell E, Clarke A
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