RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2026

Farchione, T. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., Long, L. J., & Woodard, L. S. (2026). The unified protocol: A transdiagnostic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of depression. In T. M. Olino, J. W. Pettit, R. C. Boyd, B. C. Chu, E. P. Hayden, & D. A. Pizzagalli (Eds.), APA handbook of depression: Minoritized populations, lifespan development, assessment, and treatment (pp. 681–698). American Psychological Association. 

Long, L. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., Hey, A. J., Boschulte, M. R., Teplow, D. A., Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Williams, A. L., Eustis, E. H., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Farchione, T. J. (2026). Efficacy of a modified digital unified protocol targeting both positive and negative emotion regulation: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 94(6), 377–392. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0001010

Mazefsky, C. A., Bradley, M., Duman, K., Beck, K. B., Conner, C. M., Powell, N., Siegle, G. J., Jones, S., Trabert, C., Tonarely-Busto, N., Shaw, A. M., de Abril Cameron, F., Kolko, D. J., Kang, C., Ehrenreich-May, J., Farchione, T. J., & White, S. W. (2026). Study protocol for a comparative effectiveness randomized controlled trial comparing the emotion awareness and skills enhancement program to the unified protocol in autistic youth and young adults with emotion dysregulation. BMC psychology, 10.1186/s40359-025-03891-7. Advance online publication. 

Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Spencer-Laitt, D., & Farchione, T. J. (2026). Leveraging ethnic–racial socialization to strengthen resilience across clinical, training, and public health contexts: Commentary on Hernandez (2025). Translational Issues in Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000512

Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Teplow, D., Liu, Q., Long, L., Spencer-Laitt, D., de Lemos, M., & Farchione, T. J. (2025). Application of the Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model to Behavioral Intervention Outcomes: A Methodological Tutorial Assessing Model Fit. Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YZRVQ

Spencer-Laitt, D., Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Grunfeld, G., Guida, C., Teplow, D. A., Preda, A. M., Smith, L., Cuthbert, K., & Farchione, T. J. (2026). Delivery of a virtual, group-based Unified Protocol for Prolonged Grief Disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2026.01.003

2025

Barlow, D. H., Farchione, T. J., Sauer-Zavala, S., Latin, H. M., Ellard, K. K., Bullis, J. R., … & Cassiello-Robbins, C. (2025). Protocolo Unificado para Tratamento Transdiagnóstico de Transtornos Emocionais: Guia do Terapeuta. Artmed Editora.

Long, L. J., Cardona, N. D., Hey, A., Moreno, J., Barlow, D. H., & Farchione, T. J. (2025) Hope predicts long-term well-being following cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders. Psychotherapy Research.

Long, L. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., Brown, B., & Farchione, T. J. (2025). Reply to letter to the editor: Evaluating the efficacy of Zonisamide in managing alcohol use disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 182, 398-399.

Meyer, E. C., Farchione, T., Kimbrel, N. A., Kwok, O.-M., Pennington, M. L., Rostockyj, J., & Gulliver, S. B. (2025). Corrigendum to “Peer delivered, emotion regulation-focused mental health prevention training for fire fighter trainees: Design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial” [Contempor. Clinic. Trial. Commun. 47 (2025) 101537]. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 

Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Teplow, D., Liu, Q., Long, L. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., de Lemons, M., & Farchione, T. J. (In Press). Application of the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model to clinical treatment data: A methodological tutorial assessing model fit. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Sugita, S., Ito, M., Fujisato, H., Kanie, A., Nakajima, S., Farchione, T. J., & Kuga, H. (2025). Authenticity as a Mediator of Change in the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 32(5).

Tang, M., Long, L. J., Torre, M., Spencer-Laitt, D., Moreno-Villamizar, J. D., Barlow, D. H., & Farchione, T. J. (2025). Cognitive reappraisal as a potential mechanism of Unified Protocol (UP) for emotional disorders. Behavior Therapy.

Teplow, D., Spencer-Laitt, D., Long, L. J., Hey, A. J., Moreno, J. D., & Farchione, T. J. (2025). Strengths use and emotional disorder symptom reduction during a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model study. Psychotherapy, 62(2), 220–234.

2024

Belanger, H. G., Long, L. J., Winsberg, M., Sullivan, S., Farchione, T. J., & O’Callaghan, E. (2024). The utility of completing adjuvant video lessons based on the unified protocol during psychotherapy: A retrospective study using a telehealth platform in routine clinical care. Psychotherapy Research, 1-13.

Eearslan-İngec, Ö., Yorulmaz, O., Farchione, T., & Boschulte, M. (2024). Preliminary findings on the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment: A controlled trial on its effectiveness on Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms for Turkish Adults.

Eustis, E. H., Nauphal, M., Jaso, B., Spencer-Laitt, D., Woodard, L., Farchione, T. J., & Barlow, D. H. (2024). Development and pilot testing of an internet-based version of the unified protocol that targets positive affect regulation: A treatment development report. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

Farchione, T. J., Long, L. J., Gallagher, M. W., Spencer-Laitt, D., Torre, M., Woodard, L. S., … & Barlow, D. H. (2024). Results from a randomized controlled trial of zonisamide in the treatment of alcohol use disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 179, 182-190.

Farchione, T. J., Long, L. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., Moreno, J., & Barlow, D. H. (2024). State of the Science: The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.04.007 

Freetly Porter, E., Jessen, M., Coleman, J. J., Sinha, S., Devor, N., Sauer-Zavala, S., … & Owen, J. (2024). Therapist experiences and perspectives on moving beyond symptoms and into flourishing: a grounded theory analysis. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 37(3), 354-375.

Long, L. J., Spencer-Laitt, D., Brown, B., & Farchione, T. J. (2024). Reply to Letter to the Editor: Evaluating the Efficacy of Zonisamide in Managing Alcohol Use Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Spencer-Laitt, D., Curreri, A. J., Jaso, B. A., Cardona, N. D., Eustis, E. H., Barlow, D. H., & Farchione, T. J. (2024). Is prolonged grief disorder an emotional disorder?. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 29(2), 117-137.

Spencer-Laitt, D., & Farchione, T. (2024). Targeting rumination as a mechanism of change in transdiagnostic treatment for emotional disorders: The potential role of savoring the positive.

2023

Beck, J. G., Majeed, R., Brown, T. A., Free, B. L., Bowen, M. E., Garrett, A. B., Farchione, T. J., & Brown, B. B. (2023). Understanding the role of COVID-related workplace stress and institutional betrayal on mental health in nurses: Some heroes wear scrubs. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(2), 421-432.

Beck, J. G., Bowen, M., Majeed, R., Free, B. L., Brown, T. A., Brown, B. B., & Farchione, T. J. (2023). Alcohol use and mental health symptoms in nurses during the early months of COVID-19. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.

Benuto, L. T., Farchione, T. J., Cardona, N. D., Reinosa-Segovia, F., & Casas, J. (in press). Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: An effectiveness study at a culturally specific clinic for Latinxs. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

Bullis, J. R., Eustis, E. H., Curreri, A. J., Cardona, N. D., Woods, B. K., Rosellini, A. J., … & Farchione, T. J. (2023). The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders compared with diagnosis-specific protocols for anxiety disorders: A three-year follow-up. Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 3, 100024.

Cardona, N. D., Ametaj, A. A., Cassiello-Robbins, C., Tirpak, J. W., Olesnycky, O., Sauer-Zavala, S., Farchione, T. J., & Barlow, D. H. (2023). Outcomes of People of Color in an Efficacy Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety, Depression, and Related Disorders: Preliminary Evidence. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 10-1097.

Castro-Camacho, L., Barlow, D. H., Garcia, N., Farchione, T. J., Idrobro, F., Rattner, M. Quant, D.M., Gonzalez, L., & Moreno, J.D. (2023). Effects of a contextual adaptation of the Unified Protocol in multiple emotional disorders in victims of armed conflict in Colombia: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(10), 991-999. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2392

Freetly Porter, E., Jessen, M., Coleman, J. J., Sinha, S., Devor, N., Sauer-Zavala, S., Levitt, H., Tao, K., Zanarini, M., Farchione, T., Sandage, S. J., & Owen, J. (2023). Therapist experiences and perspectives on moving beyond symptoms and into flourishing: a grounded theory analysis. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1–22.

Juszczyk-Kalina, A., Holas, P. & Farchione, T.J. (in press). Effectiveness and mediators of change of an online CBT intervention for students with adjustment disorder—study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 24, 777. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07744-9

Piers, R. J., Farchione, T. J., Wong, B., Rosellini, A. J., & Cronin‐Golomb, A. (2023). Telehealth transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in Parkinson’s disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 10(1), 79-85.

Rodriguez-Moreno, S., Guillén, A. I., Tirpak, J. W., Marín, C., Cardona, N. D., Eustis, E. H., Farchione, T. J., Barlow, D. H., & Panadero, S. (2023). Mediators and moderators of therapeutic change in the Unified Protocol for women experiencing homelessness. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47(2), 209-221.

Spencer-Laitt, D., Long, L. J., Woodard, L. S., Jaso, B. A., Cardona, N. D., Fong, S. R., & Farchione, T. J. (2023). Are changes in joviality associated with cognitive behavioral treatment outcomes? Examining an emerging treatment target. Psychotherapy.

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