About:
Dr. Chen received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from
the University of Sydney, Australia in 1996 and her Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology, also from the University of Sydney in 2000. Dr. Chen
completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Eating & Weight Disorders at
Yale University under Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.
in 2002. She has recently completed a second postdoctoral
fellowship in Behavioral Research and Therapy with Marsha Linehan,
Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 2005. Dr. Chen is the director
of the Adult Eating and Weight Disorders Program.
Research Interests:
- Adult eating and weight disorders, suicidal behavior and
Borderline Personality Disorder
- Behavioral treatment for adult eating and weight disorders
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Behavior Weight Management
- Acceptance-based (Mindfulness) treatments
- Treatment of eating and weight disorders in the context of
Borderline Personality Disorder
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Assessment, preparation and follow-up of surgery-seeking
clients with severe obesity
Current Studies:
- Examination of suicidal ideation and behavior in
surgery-seeking clients with severe obesity (American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention)
- Development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a
pre-surgery intervention for suicidal clients rejected from bariatric
surgery (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
- Longitudinal follow-up of gastric bypass patients
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