Health Psych Maine

Laura E. Holcomb, Ph.D.

Dr. Holcomb is a Clinical Health Psychologist specializing in evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, etc.), psychological aspects of coping with life-threatening and chronic illness, and pain management. She received a postdoctoral masters degree in Clinical Psychopharmacology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and provides consultation for physicians and patients about psychotropic medication options, when appropriate, and combinations of therapy and medication, depending upon the presenting psychological and/or medical problems. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She completed an internship in Health Psychology at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC and a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School in behavioral medicine, with an emphasis in the integration of psychology and primary care medicine, as well as in pain management.