Degrees:

2022, PhD in Psychology (Clinical Stream), Toronto Metropolitan University
2018, MA in Psychology (Clinical Stream), Toronto Metropolitan University
2015, BSc in Psychology, McGill University

Research Interests:
Katie’s master’s thesis examined the effects of an attentional control training procedure in people who suffer from pathological worry. Her PhD dissertation examined intolerance of uncertainty in people high in worry. Broadly, Katie is interested in the mechanisms and pathways through which anxiety disorders are maintained and treated.

Selected Publications:
Malivoire, B. L., Stewart, K. E., Tallon, K., Ovanessian, M., Pawluk, E. J., & Koerner, N. (2018). (Accepted, March 2018). Negative urgency and generalized anxiety disorder symptom severity: The role of self-reported cognitive processes. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences.

Lenton-Brym, A.P., Stewart, K.E., Coyne, A.E., Westra, H.A., Constantino, M.J., & Antony, M.M. (2019). Can self-report measures of readiness for change and treatment ambivalence predict outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder? Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33, 301-319.

Krause, K.L., Stewart, K.E., Cassin, S.E., & Antony, M.M. (2018). Clinical perfectionism, dissatisfaction with standards, and raising the bar: Validation of the Response to Goal Achievement Scale. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32, 241-262.

Stewart, K. E., & Antony, M. M. (in press). Trait anxiety. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. New York, NY: Springer.

Selected Presentations: 
Stewart, K., Malivoire, B. L., Ovanessian, M., Koerner, N., & Pawluk, E. J. (November, 2019). Emotion dysregulation and negative urgency in generalized anxiety disorder. Poster accepted to the 53nd annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Atlanta, GA.

Stewart, K. E., Sack, L., Antony, M. M., & Koerner, N. (2019, July). The impact of the attention training technique on attention control and worry in excessive worriers. Open paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin, Germany.

Stewart, K. E., Sack, L., & Koerner, N. (2019, July). The relationship between negative urgency and attention processes in people high in generalized anxiety disorder symptoms. Poster presented at the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin, Germany.

Szabo, J., Stewart, K. S., Sack, L., Kusec, A., Marcos, M., & Koerner, N. (2019, May). Negative urgency as a moderator in the relationship between paranoia and social anxiety. Poster presented at the 9th annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Convention, Montreal, QC.

Malivoire, B. L., Stewart, K. E., & Koerner, N. (2019, May). Relations between positive urgency and threatening appraisals of positive scenarios in GAD. Poster presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, Montreal, Quebec.

Stewart, K. E., Malivoire, B., & Koerner, N. (2018, November). Age-related differences in cognitive variables in generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington, DC.

Malivoire, B., Stewart, K. E., Tallon, K., Ovanessian, M., & Koerner, N. (2018, November). Negative urgency and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms: The influence of self-reported cognitive processes. Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington, DC.

Stewart, K. E., Lenton-Brym, A. P., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2017, November). Treatment ambivalence and change motivation as predictors of worry and symptom severity outcomes in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the 51st meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.

Lenton-Brym, A. P., Stewart, K. E., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2017, November). Assessing the Role of Baseline Treatment Ambivalence in Psychotherapy for Individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Poster presented at the 51st meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.