Research

Dr. Kelly Werner

Kelly Werner completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, and her Clinical Psychology Internship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System. Currently she works as a researcher at Stanford University. Kelly's clinical research is attempting to answer questions such as: "What are the mechanisms of successful treatment?", "Who does CBT, ACT or MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) work for, and who do these not work for and why?" To answer these questions she uses functional neuroimaging, behavioral and self-report indices to investigate the effect of CBT, ACT & MBSR on emotional reactivity, emotion regulation, and attention regulation in healthy adults and those who suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder.

To read some of Dr. Werner's research articles, click on the links below.

• Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology (.pdf)
• Emotional Reactivity and Emotion Recognition in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (.pdf)
• Self-Compassion and Social Anxiety Disorder (.pdf)
• Emotion Regulation in Social Anxiety Disorder (.pdf)

For more information about Dr. Werner's professional background, see her CV.

Dr. Viveka Ramel

Dr. Viveka Ramel was actively engaged in basic and applied research at Yale University, University of California San Diego, and Stanford University from 1997 to 2009. Her research centered on emotion regulation as well as psychological and biological risk factors and treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. She was particularly interested in the interplay between emotion and cognition and their neurobiological correlates in the areas of self-view, memory, rumination, acceptance, mindfulness and emotion regulation. She used methods from both psychological science (e.g., cognitive and behavioral tasks) and neuroscience (e.g., neuroimaging (fMRI) and other physiological indices). Dr. Ramel's research was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and private organizations dedicated to mental health research such as NARSAD. Her research papers have been published in leading psychiatric and psychological peer-reviewed journals, and she has presented her research at national and international conferences as well as to community and private organizations. Here are links to a couple of Dr. Ramel's research articles:

• Emotional memory, brain, and depression vulnerability
• Mindfulness, rumination and depression

Today Dr. Ramel is an active consumer and supporter of research based on which she provides treatment as well as education and advocacy to enhance behavioral, relational and psychological processes and dimensions of our climate, social, and ecological crises for a more just, connected and regenerative tomorrow. 

For more information about Dr. Ramel's professional background, see her CV.

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