Lab Publications

Recent Journal Articles:

Azubuike, C. A. T., Crenshaw, A. O., & Monson, C. M. (2025). Furthering our understanding of post-traumatic mental health conditions and intimate relationship outcomes in veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Behavioural Sciences, 15(6), 719. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060719

Fitzpatrick, S., Crenshaw, A. O., Valela, R., Samonas, C., Earle, E. A., Goss, S., Hernandez, K. M., Bushe, J., Varma, S., Proctor, D., Wagner, A. C., Goenka, K., Luxor, O., Collins, A., Morland, L., Shields, N., Roth, M., Doss, B. D., Schumm, J., & Monson, C. M. (2025). A randomized controlled trial testing Couple HOPES: An online, self-help couples’ intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93(8), 580-594. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000965

Fitzpatrick, S., Varma, S., Traynor, J., Earle, E. A., Vanstone, R., Fulham, L., Goenka, K., Blumberg, M. J., Wyatt, L., Siegel, A. N., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Norouzian, N., Burdo, J., Ennis, N., Carney, A., Luxor, O., Sankar, R., Monson, C. M., & Liebman R. (2025). A pilot and feasibility study of Sage: A couple therapy for borderline personality disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2491478

Meshkat, S., Zeifman, R. J., Stewart, K., Janssen-Aguilar, R., Lou, W., Jetly, R., Monson, C. M., & Bhat, V. (2025) Psilocybin-assisted massed cognitive processing therapy for chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: Protocol for an open-label pilot feasibility trial. PLoS One, 20(1), e0313741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313741 

Lauzon, C., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Varma, S., Boritz, T., Liebman, R., Monson, C. M., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2025). Communication between individuals with borderline personality disorder and their partners. Personality and Mental Health, 19(1), e70013. https://doi.org./10.1002/pmh.70013

Zeifman, R. J., Hernandez, K. M., Song, J., Liebman, R. E., Ip, J., Burdo, J., Johnson, C., Stirman, S. W., & Monson, C. M. (2024). Which PTSD clusters and symptoms are central to reducing suicidal ideation? A network and cross-lagged analysis among individuals receiving cognitive processing therapy. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2434315. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2434315

Fitzpatrick, S., Crenshaw, A. O., Donkin, V., Collins, A., Xiang, A., Earle, E., Goenka, K., Varma, S., Bushe, J., McFadden, T., Librado, A., & Monson, C. M. (2024). We’ve spent time, money, and effort making online self-help mental health interventions. Is anyone going to come to the party? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26. https://doi.org/10.2196/58198

Lenton-Brym, A. P., Collins, A., Lane, J., Busso, C., Ouyang, J., Fitzpatrick, S., Kuo, J. R. & Monson, C. M. (2024). Using machine learning to increase access to and engagement with trauma-focused interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 00, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12468

Xiang, A., Monson, C. M., Fitzpatrick, S., Wagner, A. C., Valela, R., Collins, A. M., Whitfield, K. M., Earle, E. A., Bushe, J., Mensah, D. H., Ip, J., Samonas, C., Siegel, A. N., Donkin, V. L., Varma, S., Landy, M. S. H., Morland, L., Doss, B. S., & Crenshaw, A. O. (2024). Partner accommodation associations in intimate couples with posttraumatic stress disorder. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000259

Antonopoulos, I., Carney, A. E., Wiltsey-Stirman, S., & Monson, C. M. (2023). Sudden gains in PTSD symptoms and social functioning in cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 34(8), 1066-1077. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2265046

Zeifman, R. J., Wagner, A. C., Monson, C. M., & Carhart-Harris, R, L. (2023). How does psilocybin therapy work? An exploration of experiential avoidance as a putative mechanism of change. Journal of Affective Disorders, 334, 100-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.105

Morland, L. A., Wachsman, T., Webster, K., Fitzpatrick, S., Valela, R., Crenshaw, A. O., Monson, C. M., & Knopp, K. C. (2023). A pilot of Couple HOPES within the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: PTSD and relationship outcomes in veteran couples. Psychological Services, 21(3), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000773

Lenton-Brym, A. P., Landy, M. S. H., Whitfield, K. M., Burdo, J., & Monson, C. M. (2024). Considerations in adapting cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder to a family setting. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 34(1), 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000305

Fitzpatrick, S. Liebman, R., Monson, C. M., & Resick, P. A. (2023). Latent emotion profiles of PTSD and specific emotions predicting differential therapy outcomes in a dismantling study of cognitive processing therapy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 95, 102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102681

 Liebman, R. E., Schumm, J., Bartsch, A., Pukay-Martin, N., Crenshaw, A., Hart, T., Koerner, N.  & Monson, C. M., (2023). Actor and partner effects of PTSD and relationship functioning in a recently traumatized sample. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(4), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001064

Ennis, N., Wagner, A. C., Hart, T. L., Monson, C. M. (2023). Social interactions in trauma disclosure: A multi-informant and multi-construct investigation. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(2), 457– 464. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22919

Shifrin, A., Sharma, S., Zeifman, R. J., Roth, M. L., Gifford, S., & Monson, C. M. (2023). Posttraumatic stress disorder treatment preference: Prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, or medication therapy? Psychological Services, 20(3), 474-482. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000688

Thomas, F. C., Loskot, T., Mutschler, C.,  Burdo, J., Lagdamen, J.,  Sijercic, I., Liebman, R. E.., Lane, J. E. M., Finley, E., Monson, C. M., Wiltsey-Stirman, S. (2023). Initiating cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in community settings: A qualitative investigation of therapist decision making. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 50, 137–150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-022-01229-8

Monson, C. M., Shnaider, P., Wagner, A. C., Liebman, R. E., Pukay-Martin, N., Landy, M. S. H., Wanklyn, S. G., Suvak, M., Hart, T. L., & Koerner, N. (2023). Longitudinal associations between interpersonal relationship functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in recently traumatized individuals: Differential findings by assessment method. Psychological Medicine, 53(6), 2205–2215. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721003913

Loskot, T., Lagdamen, J., Mutschler, C., Thomas, F., Kannan, K., Beristianos, M., Finley, E., Cook, J., Monson, C. M., & Wiltsey Stirman, S. (2022). Multilevel factors in providers’ decisions to utilize CPT in military- and veteran-serving treatment settings. Psychological Services, 20(4), 798-808.  https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000715

Sijercic, I., Liebman, R. E., Ip, J., Whitfield, K. M., Ennis, N., Sumantry, D., Sippel, L. M., Fredman, S. J., & Monson, C. M. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual and couple therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: Clinical and intimate relationship outcomes. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 91, 102613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102613

Crenshaw, A. O., Whitfield, K. M., Collins, A., Valela, R., Varma, S., Landy, M. S. H., Ip, J., Donkin, V., Earle, E., Siegel, A., Samonas, C., Bushe, J., Mensah, D. H., Xiang, A., Doss, B. D., Morland, L., Wagner, A. C., & Fitzpatrick, S., Monson, C. M. (2022). Partner outcomes from an uncontrolled trial of Couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for PTSD and relationship enhancement. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(1), 230–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22878

Trottier, K., Monson, C. M., Kaysen, D., Wagner, A. C., Liebman, R. E., & Abbey, S. E. (2022).  Initial findings on RESTORE for healthcare workers: An internet-delivered intervention for COVID-19-related mental health symptoms. Translational Psychiatry, 12, 222. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01965-3

Monson, C. M., Wagner, A. C., Crenshaw, A. O., Whitfield, K. M., Newnham, C. M., Valela, R., Varma, S., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Fulham, L., Collins, A., Donkin, V., Mensah, D. H., Landy, M. S. H., Samonas, C., Morland, L., Doss, B. D., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2022). An uncontrolled trial of couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for PTSD and relationship enhancement. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(6), 1036–1042. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000976

Mutschler, C., Malivoire, B., Schumm, J., & Monson, C. M. (2022). Mechanisms and moderators of behavioural couples therapy for alcohol and substance use disorders: An updated review of the literature. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 50(3), 312-333. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465822000042