Karen Rowa, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Associate Director of Training, Psychology Residency Program

Psychologist, Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre
50 Charlton Ave. East
6th Floor, Fontbonne Building
Hamilton, ON   L8N 4A6
Tel:  905-522-1155, ext. 33656
Fax:  905-521-6120
E-mail: krowa@stjoes.ca

Dr. Rowa is a psychologist at the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. She is also the Associate Director of Training in the Psychology Residency Program at St. Josephs.  Her research is focused on evaluating cognitive behavioural models and treatments of the anxiety disorders, with a specific focus on obsessive compulsive disorder and social phobia. More specifically, she is interested in ways of improving the delivery and effectiveness of existing cognitive behavioural treatments for the anxiety disorders. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, invited chapters, and is co-author of two books.

Selected Publications:

Moscovitch, D.A., Orr, E., Rowa, K., Gehring Reimer, S., & Antony, M.M. (2009).  In the absence of rose-coloured glasses: Ratings of self-attributes and their differential certainty and importance across multiple dimensions in social phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 66-70.

Federici, A., Rowa, K., & Antony, M.M. (2010). Adjusting treatment for partial- or non-response to contemporary cognitive-behavioral therapy. In D.McKay, J. Abramowitz, & S. Taylor (Eds.). The Expanded Scope of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: Lessons Learned from Refractory Cases. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Rowa, K., & Antony, M.M. (2008). Generalized anxiety disorder. In W.E.Craighead, D.J. Miklowitz, & L.W.Craighead (Eds.). Psychopathology: History, Theory and Diagnosis. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Rowa, K., McCabe, R.E., & Antony, M.M. (2008). Specific phobia and social phobias. In J. Hunsley & E.J. Mash (Eds.). A Guide to Assessments that Work (pp 207-228). New York: Oxford University Press.

Antony, M.M., & Rowa, K. (2008). Social anxiety disorder. Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe & Huber

Rowa, K., Antony, M.M., Summerfeldt, L.J., Purdon, C., Young, L. & Swinson, R.P. (2007). Office-based vs. home-based behavioral treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder: A preliminary study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1883-1892.

Antony, M.M., & Rowa, K. (2007). Overcoming fear of heights. How to Conquer Acrophobia and Live a Life Without Limits. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Purdon, C., Rowa, K., & Antony, M.M. (2007).  Diary records of thought suppression attempts by individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35, 47-59.

Rowa, K., Antony, M.M., & Swinson, R.P. (2007).  Exposure and ritual prevention.  In M.M. Antony, C. Purdon, & L.J. Summerfeldt (Eds.), Psychological treatment of OCD: Fundamentals and beyond. Washington, DC: APA.

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