Hannah Reese

2010-present

Reese, H.E., Brown, W. A., & Rooks, J.  (in press).  Mindfulness-based Interventions for Tourette Syndrome: Current Status and Future Directions.  Psychiatric Clinics.

Reese, H.E., Brown, W. A., Summers, B., Hoeppner, S., Miller, S., & Wilhelm, S.  (2024).  An online mindfulness-based group intervention for tics: A pilot randomized controlled trial.  Movement Disorders, 39 (9), 1610-1618. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.29870

Reese, H. E.  & Usmani, A.  (2023). Behavior therapy for Tourette Syndrome and Persistent Tic Disorder.  In T. J. Petersen, S. Sprich, & S. Wilhelm (Eds.) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2^nd ed., pp. 187-200). Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Çek, D., Reese, H. E., Broos, H., & Timpano, K. R. (2022).  Dispositional and Experimentally Induced Mindfulness Are Distinctly Associated with Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms.  Mindfulness, 13(9), 2162-2174.

Berman, N., Fang, A., Hoeppner, S. S., Reese, H. E., Siev, J., Timpano, K. R., & Wheaton, M. G.  (2022).  COVID-19 and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a large multi-site college sample.  Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 100727.

Hudiburgh, S. E., Reese, H. E., Carver, C. S., Çek, D., & Timpano, K. R.  (2021).  A multimethod examination of the link between obsessive compulsive symptomatology and emotion-related impulsivity.   British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60 (3), 293-311.

Reese, H. E., Brown, W. A., Summers, B., Shin, J., Wheeler, G., & Wilhelm, S.  (2021).  Feasibility and acceptability of an online mindfulness-based group intervention for adults with tics.  Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7 (82), 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00818-y.

Hoge*, E., Reese*, H. E., Oliva, I. A., Gabriel, C. D., Guidos, B. M., Bui, E., Simon, N. M., & Dutton, M. A. (2020).  Investigating the role of interpretation bias in mindfulness-based treatment of adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder.  Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (82): 1-7. 

* denotes equally contributing authors

Jacoby, R. J., Berman, N. C., Reese, H. E., Shin, J., Sprich, S., Szymanski, J., Pollard, C A., & Wilhelm, S. (2019). Disseminating cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: Comparing in person vs. online training modalities. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 23: 1-9. doi: 10.​1016/​j.​jocrd.​2019.​100485

Weingarden, H., Mothi, S. S., Ladis, I., Hoeppner, S., Reese, H. E., Timpano, K., Siev, J., Rasmussen, J., Ragan, J., Dougherty, D. D., & Wilhelm, S. (2019). D-cycloserine-augmented behavior therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43: 937-947.

Reese, H. E. (2018).  Mindfulness for tics.  In J. McGuire, T. Murphy, J. Piacentini, & E. Storch (Eds.), The Clinician’s Guide to the Treatment and Management of Youth with Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders (pp. 279-297). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Abramovitch, A., Hallion, L., Reese, H. E., Woods, D. W., Peterson, A., Piacentini, J., Scahill, L., Deckersbach, T., & Wilhelm, S.  (2017).  Neurocognitive predictors of treatment response to randomized treatment in adults with tic disorders.  Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 74, 9-14.

Reese, H. E., Pollard, A., Szymanski, J., Berman, N., Crowe, K., Rosenfield, E., & Wilhelm, S.  (2016).  The Behavior Therapy Training Institute for OCD: A Preliminary Report.  Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 8, 79-85.

Reese, H. E.  & Usmani, A.  (2016). Cognitive behavior therapy for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder.  In T. J. Petersen, S. Sprich, & S. Wilhelm (Eds.) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (pp. 131-140).  New York: Springer.

Sprich, S. E., Olatunji, B. O., Reese, H. E., Otto, M. W., Rosenfield, E., & Wilhelm, S.  (2016). Cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, and cognitive Therapy. In T. A. Stern, J. F. Rosenbaum, M. Fava, S. Rauch, & J. Biederman (Eds.), Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry (2^nd ed., pp. 152-164).  Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. 

Abramovitch, A., Reese, H. E., Woods, D. W., Peterson, A., Deckersbach, T., Piacentini, J., Scahill, L., & Wilhelm, S.  (2015).  Psychometric Properties of a Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Tic Severity in Adults with Tic Disorders.  Behavior Therapy, 46, 786-796.

Reese, H. E., Vallejo, Z., Rasmussen, J. L., Crowe, K., Rosenfield, E. & Wilhelm, S. (2015).  Mindfulness-based stress reduction for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder: A pilot study.  Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78, 293-298.

Keuthen, N.J., Tung, E.S., Reese, H.E., Raikes, J., Lee, L., & Mansueto, C.S. (2015).  Getting the word out: CBT for Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder) and Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder.  Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 27, 10-15.

Deckersbach, T., Chou, T., Britton, J.C., Carlson, L.E., Reese, H.E., Siev, J., Scahill, L., Piacentini, J.C., Woods, D.W., Walkup, J.T., Peterson, A.L., Dougherty, D.D., Wilhelm, S. (2014). Neural correlates of behavior therapy for Tourette's Disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 224, 269-274.

Reese, H. E., Scahill, L., Peterson, A. L., Crowe, K., Woods, D. W., Piacentini, J., Walkup, J. T., & Wilhelm, S. (2014). The premonitory urge to tic: Measurement, characteristics, and correlates in older adolescents and adults.  Behavior Therapy, 45, 177-186.

Reese, H. E., Rosenfield, E., Wilhelm, S.  (2013). Reflections on the theory-practice gap in cognitive behavior therapy.  Behavior Therapy, 44, 609-613.

Heeren, A., Reese, H. E., McNally, R. J., & Philippot, P.  (2012). Attention training toward and away from threat in social phobia: Effects on subjective, behavioral, and physiological measures of anxiety.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50, 30-39.

Siev, J., Reese, H. E., Timpano, K. R., & Wilhelm, S. (2012). Assessment and treatment of pathological skin picking. In J. E. Grant & M. N. Potenza (Eds.), Oxford handbook of impulse control disorders (pp. 360-374). New York: Oxford University Press.

Keuthen, N. J., Siev, J., & Reese, H. E. (2012).  The assessment of trichotillomania, pathological skin picking, and stereotypic movement disorder.  In J. E. Grant, D. J. Stein, D. Woods, & N. J. Keuthen (Eds.), Trichotillomania, skin picking, and other body-focused repetitive behaviors (pp. 129-150).  Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.

Reese, H. E., McNally, R. J., & Wilhelm, S. W.  (2011). Reality monitoring in patients with body dysmorphic disorder.  Behavior Therapy, 42, 387-398.

Reese, H. E., McNally, R. J., & Wilhelm, S. W.  (2010). Probabilistic reasoning in patients with body dysmorphic disorder.  Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42, 270-276.

Reese, H. E., McNally, R. J., Najmi, S., & Amir, N.  (2010). Attention training for reducing spider fear in spider-fearful individuals.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 657-662.

Reese, H. E., McNally, R. J., & Wilhelm, S. W.  (2010). Facial asymmetry detection in patients with body dysmorphic disorder.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 936-940.

Chasson, G. S., Buhlmann, U., Tolin, D. F., Rao, S. R., Reese, H. E.,Rowley, T., Welsh, K. S., & Wilhelm, S.  (2010). Need for speed: Evaluating slopes of OCD recovery in behavior therapy enhanced with d-cycloserine.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 675-679.

Najmi, S., Reese, H. E., Wilhelm, S., Fama, J., Beck, C., & Wegner, D. M.  (2010). Learning the futility of the thought suppression enterprise in normal experience and in obsessive compulsive disorder.  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38, 1-14.

Reese, H. E., Timpano, K., Siev, J., Rowley, T., & Wilhelm, S.  (2010). Behavior therapy for tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder: A web-based video illustration of treatment components.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17, 16-24.

Reese, H. E., Najmi, S., & McNally, R. J.  (2010). Vulnerability to anxiety disorders in adulthood.  In R. E. Ingram & J. M. Price (Eds.), Vulnerability to psychopathology: Risk across the lifespan (pp. 334-356).  New York: Guilford Press. 

McNally, R. J., Malcarne, V. L., Najmi, S., Hansdottir, I., Reese, H. E., & Merz, E. L.  (2010). Vulnerability to anxiety disorders across the lifespan.  In R. E. Ingram & J. M. Price (Eds.), Vulnerability to psychopathology: Risk across the lifespan (pp. 357-362).  New York: Guilford Press. 

 Greenberg, J. L., Delinsky, S. S., Reese, H. E., Buhlmann, U.  & Wilhelm, S.  (2010). Body Image.  In J. E. Grant & M. N. Potenza (Eds.), Young adult mental health  (pp. 126-142).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Smits, J. A. J., Reese, H. E., Powers, M. B. & Otto, M. W.  (2010). Combined treatment strategies: Current status and future directions. In M.W. Otto & S.G. Hofmann (Eds.), Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders.  (pp. 67- 81).  New York: Springer.

I am currently licensed to practice in both Maine and Massachusetts.  I am also an out-of-state telehealth provider in the state of Florida and I possess PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology in a number of other states (see here for a regularly updated list). I teach Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and related programs through the Mid Coast Hospital Center for Community Health and Wellness and maintain a small private practice in Brunswick, ME.

Prior to joining the Bowdoin faculty in 2014, I was a staff psychologist at the Center for OCD and Related Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, and I maintained a small private practice in Cambridge, MA.  

All roles for the 2024-2025 academic year are filled. 

Please check back here in the Spring of 2025 for more information and application instructions.  I anticipate hiring one part-time paid research assistant for the summer of 2025, one part-time paid research assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year, and taking up to 2 students wishing to do an independent study or honors project beginning in the fall of 2025.  

Are you a student interested in pursuing a clinical graduate degree?  If so, please check out the following resources.  They provide great information on the range of programs available to you, the pros/cons of each, and how to best prepare yourself for the path you choose. 

American Psychological Association: Types of Degrees and Programs.

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Getting Into Graduate School

Mitch Prinstein's Uncensored Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Clinical Psychology

American Psychological Association: Graduate School FAQs

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Reese, H. E. (2018).  Mindfulness for tics.  In J. McGuire, T. Murphy, J. Piacentini, & E. Storch (Eds.), The Clinician’s Guide to the Treatment and Management of Youth with Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders (pp. 279-297). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

We are currently recruiting adults with Tourette Disorder or Persistent Tic Disorder to participate in a clinical trial comparing a mindfulness-based intervention for tics (MBIT) to psychoeducation with relaxation and supportive therapy (PRST).  The study is being conducted entirely online.  

For more information click here or contact our research coordinator at mbit@jh.edu.