Selected publications and presentations focusing on increasing treatment efficacy for anxiety disorders and OCD:

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Publications

Frank, H. E., Rifkin, L. S., Sheehan, K., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Crane, M. E., Phillips, K. E., ... & Kendall, P. C. (2023). Therapist perceptions of experiential training for exposure therapy. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 51, 214-229.  

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Frank, H. E., Becker-Haimes, E., Rifkin, L. S., Norris, L. A., Ollendick, T. H., Olino, T. M., Kratz, H. E., Beidas, R. S., & Kendall, P. C (2020). Training with tarantulas: A randomized feasibility and acceptability study using experiential learning to enhance exposure therapy training. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 76, 102308. 

 

Kendall, P. C., Norris, L. A., Rabner, J. C., Crane, M. E. & Rifkin, L. S. (2020). Intolerance of uncertainty and parental accommodation: Promising targets for personalized intervention for youth anxiety. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22, 1-8.

 

Palitz, S. A., Rifkin, L. S., Norris, L. A., Knepley, M., Fleischer, N. J., Steinberg, L., & Kendall, P. C. (2019). But what will the results be?: Learning to tolerate uncertainty is associated with treatment-produced gains. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 102146.

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Norris, L. A., Rifkin, L. S., Olino, T. M., Piacentini, J., Albano, A. M., Birmaher, B., Ginsburg, G., Walkup, J., Compton, S. N., Gosch, E., & Kendall, P. C. (2019). Multi-informant expectancies and treatment outcomes for anxiety in youth. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 50, 1-9.

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Rifkin, L. S., Myerberg, L., Gosch, E., Norris, L. A., Crane, M. E., & Kendall, P.C. How to Bend but Not Break an Empirically Supported Treatment for Anxiety in Youth. In P. C. Kendall (Ed.), Flexibility within Fidelity. Oxford University Press.

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Presentations

Levitt, M., Mennies, R., Moroney, E., & Rifkin, L. S. (2026, July). Ruminating on Mental Compulsions. Session to be presented at the 31th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference. 

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Mennies, R., Moroney, E., Levitt, M., & Rifkin, L. S. (2025, July). Making the invisible visible: How to identify and resist your mental compulsions. Session presented at the 30th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference.

 

Mennies, R., Rifkin, L. S., Webb, L. (2024, July). Intensive exposure and response prevention: Who, what, where, why and how. Session presented at the 28th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference.

 

Moroney, E., Mennies, R., & Rifkin, L. S. (2023, July). Current landscapes in treating youth with OCD. Session presented at the 28th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference.