Deborah C. Beidel

Deborah C. Beidel, PhD, received her doctorate in 1986 from the University of Pittsburgh. After serving as faculty at the University of Pittsburgh; the Medical University of South Carolina; the University of Maryland, College Park; and Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, she joined the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the University of Central Florida in 2007. In addition to her appointment as professor of psychology, she is director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology and director of the University of Central Florida Anxiety Disorders Clinic.

She was the 1990 recipient of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy’s New Researcher Award, the 1995 Distinguished Educator Award from the Association of Medical School Psychologists, and the 2005 recipient of the Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award from APA’s Division 12 (Society for Clinical Psychology) Section III (Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology).

Dr. Beidel is the American Board of Professional Psychology diplomate in clinical psychology and behavioral psychology and is a fellow of the APA and the Association for Psychological Science. Her academic, research, and clinical interests focus on child and adult anxiety disorders, including their etiology, psychopathology, and behavioral treatment.

She is associate editor of Journal of Anxiety Disorders. In addition to several professional books, Dr. Beidel is the author (with Cynthia Bulik and Melinda Stanley) of the undergraduate textbook Abnormal Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach.

She has been the recipient of numerous National Institute of Mental Health grants addressing the development and efficacy of behavioral interventions for adults and children with anxiety disorders.