EDUCATION

Ph.D., Psychology (Clinical)
University of California, Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA
Minors: Learning & Behavior, Quantitative Methods

Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Intern
VA San Diego Healthcare System & The University of California, San Diego — La Jolla, CA
Rotations: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program, La Jolla Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinic

M.A., Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA

B.S. with Honors, Psychology and Sociology
Florida State University — Tallahassee, FL

PROFESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS

Private Practice

2021— Present

University of California, Los Angeles
Depression Grand Challenge STAND Alacrity Center
Lead Psychologist

2023

Assistant Professor (Tenure–Track)
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Clinical Psychology MA Program, Department of Psychology — Carson, CA

2020 — 2023

AWARDS

Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Virginia Roswell Dissertation Award 2019

Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS) Clinical Science Student Training Award 2018

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) Outstanding Student Clinician Award 2018

Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) Aaron T. Beck Student Achievement Award 2017

Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Career Development Travel Award 2017

Clinical Scientist Award, UCLA Department of Psychology, Clinical Area 2017

ADAA Career Development Leadership Program, Research Track 2017

UCLA Distinguished University Fellowship 2014 – 2015

  • Ch. 2: Flexible Principles for the Treatment of Adult Worry Sewart, A. R. & Craske, M. G. (2021)

  • Ch. 15: Inhibitory Learning Sewart, A. R. & Craske, M. G. (2020)

  • Ch. 18: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Granato, H., Sewart, A. R., Vinograd, M. L., & McFarr, L. (2021)

  • Ch. 13: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Sewart, A. R. & Craske, M. G. (2018)

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Sewart, A. R., Karno, M., Ries, R., Stimson, J. (2022) Development and initial evaluation of a fully integrated treatment for comorbid social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder in a community-based SUD clinic setting. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 148.

Sewart, A. R., McGlade, A. M., Treanor, M., Fanselow, M., & Craske, M. G. (2021). Pre-treatment hippocampal functioning impacts context renewal for cholinergic modulated exposure therapy. Biological Psychology.

Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Sewart, A. R., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S. & Craske, M. G. (2021). Rumination and worry as putative mediators explaining the association between emotional disorders and substance use disorders in a longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 119.

Barry, T. J., Sewart, A. R., Adam, E., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S., & Craske, M. G. (2021). The longitudinal association between individual differences in recall of positive specific autobiographical memories and daily cortisol. Biological Psychology, 162.

Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Breland, H., Ross, J., & Sewart, A. R. (2021). Randomized clinical trial investigating the efficacy of brief self-administered behavioral interventions for rumination:
A preliminary test. Behavior Modification.

Sewart, A. R., Niles, A. N., Burklund, L. J, Saxbe, D. E., Lieberman, M. D., & Craske, M. G. (2019). Examining positive and negative affect as outcomes and moderators of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for social anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 50(6), 1112-1124.

Sewart, A. R., Zbozinek, T., Hammen, C., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S., & Craske, M. G. (2019). Positive affect as a buffer between chronic stress and symptom severity of emotional disorders. Clinical Psychological Science. 7(5), 914–927.

Aghajan, Z. M., Victor, Z., Sewart, A. R., & Christian, R. (2019). Detecting depression using a framework combining deep multimodal neural networks with a purpose-built automated evaluation. Psychological Assessment 31(8), 1019–1027.

Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Sewart, A. R., Vrshek-Schallhorn, S., Zinbarg, R., Mineka, S. Hammen, C., Bobova, L., Adam, E., & Craske, M. G. (2017). The effects of childhood and adolescent adversity on substance use disorders and poor health in early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(1), 15-27.

Young, K., Parsons, C. E., LeBeau, R. T., Tabak, B. A., Sewart, A. R., Stein, A., Kringelbach, M. L., & Craske, M. G. (2016). Sensing emotion in voices: negativity bias and gender differences in a validation study of the Oxford Vocal ('OxVoc') Sounds Database. Psychological Assessment, 29(8), 967-977.

Barry, T., Sewart, A. R., Arch, J., & Craske, M. G. (2015). Deficits in disengaging attention from threat predict improved response to cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety. Depression and Anxiety, 32(21), 892-899.