Licensed Psychologist
MS in Clinical Psychopharmacology
Dr. Holcomb’s Primary Specialty Areas:
- Treatment for increased coping with cancer and other life-threatening and chronic illnesses
- Evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) of anxiety disorders
- Consultation about psychotropic medication options (in combination with therapy), when appropriate
- Psychological/behavioral evaluations for bariatric (weight loss) and organ transplant surgeries
Dr. Holcomb’s Educational Background:
- Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2001)
- Internship in Health Psychology at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center
- Postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School in Behavioral Medicine, with emphasis in integration of psychology and primary care medicine, and in pain management
- Postdoctoral Masters Degree (MS) in Clinical Psychopharmacology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (2005)
Professional Activities:
- On the consulting staff of Maine General Medical Center
- Maine General Medical Center Palliative Care Partnership Council
- Member of Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
- Member of Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
- Inland Hospital Ambulatory Diabetes Education & Follow Up Advisory Committee
- On the Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists (11-10 to 3-13)
- Editor of the newsletter, The Tablet, for Division 55 (Psychopharmacology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2009 and 2010)
Publications:
- Author of chapters on behavioral activation, goal-setting, and psychotropic medication in the 2012 book, Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved, edited by R. A. Neimeyer
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