Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

  • Wright, E. C., Wachen, J. S., Yamokoski, C., Galovski, T., Morris, K., Goetter, E. M., Klasssen, B. J., Jacoby, V., Zweibach, L., Sornborger, J., Dondanville, K. A., Fina, B. A., & Rauch, S. A. M. (in press). Clinical and administrative insights from delivering massed trauma-focused therapy to service members and veterans. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

  • Goetter, E. M., Iaccarino, M. A., Tanev, K. S., Furbish, K. E., Xu, B., & Faust, K. A. (2022). Telemental health uptake in an outpatient clinic for veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 53, 151-159.

  • Rauch, S. A. M., Kim, H. M., Venners, M. R., Porter, K., Norman, S. B., Simon, N. M., Rothbaum, B. O., Tuerk, P. W., Acierno, R. Bui. E., Powell, C., Smith, E. R., Goetter, E. M., McSweeney, L. (2022). Change in posttraumatic stress-disorder-related thoughts during treatment: Do thoughts drive change when pills are involved? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 496-507.

  • Tanev K. S., Lynch E. A., Blackburn A. M., Terry D., Goetter E. M., Wright E. C., Gupta C., Stasko C. E., Spencer T. (2022). Associations between residual hyperarousal and insomnia symptoms in veterans following a two-week intensive outpatient program for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 461-472.

  • Goetter, E. M., Tanev K. S., Lynch E., Lento R., Blackburn A. M., Mamon D., Pique T., & Spencer T. J. (2021). An accelerated, weekend-based, prolonged exposure therapy program for veterans and service members with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 31, 285-289.

  • Goetter, E. M., Blackburn, A. M., Stasko, C., Han, Y., Brenner, L. H., LeJeune, S., Tanev, K., & Spencer, T. J., & Wright, E. C. (2021). Comparative effectiveness of prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy for military service members in an intensive treatment program. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13, 632-640.

  • Goetter, E. M., Hoeppner, S., Khan A., Charney, M. E., Wieman, S., Venners, M. Avallone, K., Rauch S. A. M., & Simon, N. M. (2020). Combat PTSD and comorbid major depression in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: The role of deployment cycle adversity and social support. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33, 276-284.

  • Tanev, K. S., Federico, L. E., Greenberg, M. S., Orr, S. P., Goetter, E. M., Resick, P. A., & Pitman, R. K. (2020). Baseline cognitive performance predict treatment outcomes from cognitive behavioral therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: A naturalistic study. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 32, 286-293.

  • Hirschberg, R., Sylvia, L.G., Wright, E.C., Gupta, C.T., McCarthy, M.D., Harward, L.K., Goetter, E.M., Boland, H., Tanov, K., Spencer, T.J. (2020). Collaborative Songwriting Intervention (CSI) for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 26, 198-203.

  • Simon, N. M., Hoeppner, S., Lubin, R., Robinaugh, D., Malgaroli, M., Norman, S., Acierno, R., Goetter, E. M., Hellberg, S., Charney, M. E., Bui, E., Baker, A., Smith E., Kim, M., Rauch, S. A. M. (2020). Understanding the impact of complicated grief on posttraumatic stress disorder outcomes in post-9/11 service members and veterans. Depression and Anxiety, 37, 63-72.

  • Laifer, L. M., Blackburn, A. M., Goetter, E. M., Ohye, B. Y., Simon, N. M., & Bui, E. (2019). Potential mediating role of parenting competence in the relationship between PTSD and family functioning in post-9/11 veterans. Journal of Family and Child Studies, 28, 1843-1849.

  • Goetter, E. M., Blackburn, A., Laifer, L., Bui, E., & Simon, N. M. (2019). Veterans’ prospective attitudes about mental health treatment using telehealth. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57, 38-43.

  • Yuen, E. K., Goetter, E. M., Stasio, M., Ash, P., Mansour, B., McNally, E., Sanchez, M., Hobar, E., Forte, S., Zulaica, K., & Watkins, J. (2019). A pilot of acceptance and commitment therapy for public speaking anxiety delivered with group videoconferencing and virtual reality exposure. Journal of Contextual Behavior Science, 12, 47-54.

  • Charney, M. E., Chow, L., Jakubovic, R. J., Federico, L. E., Baier, A., Goetter, E. M., Riggs, D., Bui, E., & Simon, N. M. (2019). Training community providers in evidence-based treatments for military PTSD: Outcomes of a novel consultation program. Psychological Trauma: Research, Theory, Practice, and Policy, 11, 793-801.

  • Goetter, E, M., Bui, E., Horenstein, A., Baker, A. W., Hoeppner, S. S., Charney, M., & Simon, N. (2019). The Five Factor Model in bereaved adults with and without complicated grief. Death Studies, 43, 204-209.

  • Pace-Schott, E., Bottary, R. M., Kim, S., Rosencrans, P. L., Vijayakumar, S., Orr, S., Lasko, N. B., Goetter, E. M., Baker, A. W., Bianchi, M., Gannon, K., Hoeppner, S., Hofmann, S., & Simon, N. M. (2018). Effects of post-exposure naps on exposure therapy for social anxiety. Psychiatry Research, 270, 523-530.

  • Goetter, E. M., Frumkin, M., Swee, M. B., Palitz, S., Baker, A. W., Bui, E., & Simon, N. M. (2018). Barriers to treatment among individuals with social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Psychological Services, 17, 5-12.

  • Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Kaye, J. L., Gershkovich, M., Goetter, E. M., Yuen, E. K., Glassman, L., Goldstein, S., Hitchcock, P., Shaw, J., Berkowitz, S., & Marando-Blanck, S. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy versus traditional cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder: Symptomatic and behavioral outcomes. Journal of Contextual Behavior Science, 9, 88-96.

  • Goetter, E. M., Mauro, C., Qiu, X., Reynolds, C. F., Zisook, S., Shear, M. K., & Simon, N. M. (2018). Treatment expectancy and working alliance as predictors of treatment response in complicated grief. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 367-371.

  • Charney, M.E., Bui, E., Sager, J.C., Ohye, B.Y., Goetter, E.M., Simon, N.M. (2018). Complicated grief among treatment-seeking post-9/11 military service members and veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31, 157-162.

  • Simon, N. M., O’Day, E. B., Hellberg, S. N., Hoeppner, S. S., Kim, H. M., Charney, M. E., Robinaugh, D. R., Bui, E., Rogers, A. H., Goetter, E. M., Nadal-Vicens, M., Venners, M., Rauch, S. A. M., and the PROGrESS Team. (2018). The loss of a fellow service member: Complicated grief in post-9/11 service members and veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 96, 5-15.

  • Goetter, E. M., Bui, E., Weiner, T., Lakin, L., Furlong, T., & Simon, N. M. (2018). Pilot data of a brief veteran peer intervention and its relationship to mental health treatment engagement. Psychological Services, 15, 453-456.

  • Calkins, A. W., Keshaviah, A., Goetter, E. M., Bui, E., Swee, M., & Simon, N. M. (2017). Examining the role of anxiety sensitivity on sleep dysfunction across anxiety disorders. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 15, 216-227.

  • Baker, A. W., Goetter, E. M., Bui, E., Shah, R., Charney, M. E., Mauro, C., Shear, M. K. & Simon, N. M. (2016). The influence of anxiety sensitivity on a wish to die in complicated grief. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, 314-316.

  • Baker, A. W., Keshavia, A., Horenstein, A., Goetter, E. M., Mauro, C., Reynolds, C., Zisook, S., Shear, M. K., & Simon, N. M. (2016). The role of avoidance in complicated grief: A detailed examination of the Grief-Related Avoidance Questionnaire (GRAQ) in a large sample of individuals with complicated grief. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21, 533-547.

  • Goetter, E. M., Bui, E., Ojserkis, R. A., Zakarian, R., Brendel, R. W., & Simon, N. M. (2015). A systematic review of dropout from psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment among Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28, 1-9.

  • Bui, E., Anderson, E., Goetter, E. M., Campbell, A., Fischer, L. E., & Barrett, L. F., & Simon, N. M. (2015). Heightened sensitivity to emotional expressions in generalized anxiety disorder compared to social anxiety disorder, and controls. Cognition and Emotion, 23, 1-8.

  • Hoge, E., Bui, E., Goetter, E. M., Robinaugh, D. J., Ojserkis, R. A. Fresco, D. M., & Simon, N. M. (2015). Change in decentering mediates symptom improvement in mindfulness-based stress reduction for generalized anxiety disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 39, 228-235.

  • Goetter, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Yuen, E. K., & Thomas, J. G. (2014). An open trial of videoconference-mediated exposure and ritual prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 460-462.

  • Price, M., Yuen, E. K., Goetter, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Acierno, R., & Ruggiero, K. J. (2014). mHealth: A mechanism to deliver more accessible, more effective mental health care. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 21, 427-436.

  • Schuitevoerder, S., Rosen, J., Twamley, E. W., Ayers, C. R., Sones, H. M., Lohr, J., Goetter, E. M., , Fonzo, G., Holloway, K., & Thorp, S. (2013). A meta-analysis of cognitive functioning in older adults with PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 27, 550-558.

  • Yuen, E. K., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Goetter, E. M., Juarascio, A. S., Rabin, S. R., et al. (2013). Acceptance based behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder through videoconferencing. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 27, 389-397.

  • Goetter, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Yuen, E. K., Gershkovich, M., et al. (2013). Delivering exposure and ritual prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder via videoconference: Clinical considerations and recommendations. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2(2), 137-143.

  • Yuen, E. K., Herbert, J. D., Forman, E. M., Goetter, E. M., Park, J. A., Comer, R., & Bradley, J.  (2013). Treatment of social anxiety disorder using online virtual environments in Second Life.  Behavior Therapy, 44, 51-61.

  • Herbert, J. D., Goetter, E. M., Forman, E. M., Yuen, E. K., Erford, B. M., Milillo, J. J., & Goldstein, S. P. (2012). Crossing the line: Interstate delivery of remote psychological services.  The Behavior Therapist, 35(8), 145-152.

  • Forman, E. M., Chapman, J. E., Herbert, J. D., Goetter, E. M., Yuen, E. K., & Moitra, E. M. (2012). Using session by session measurement to compare mechanisms of action for acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy. Behavior Therapy, 43(2), 341-354.

  • Forman, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Juarascio, A. S., Yeomans, P. D., Zebell, J. A., Goetter, E. M., & Moitra, E. (2012).  The Drexel Defusion Scale: A new measure of experiential distancing.  Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 1(1-2), 55-65.

  • Forman, E. M., Shaw, J. A., Goetter, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Park, J. A., & Yuen, E. K. (2012). Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial comparing acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression. Behavior Therapy, 43(4), 801-811.

  • Yuen, E. K., Goetter, E. M., Herbert, J. D., & Forman, E. M. (2012). Challenges and opportunities in Internet-mediated telemental health. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(1), 1-8.

  • Brown, L. A., Forman, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Hoffman, K. L., Yuen, E. K., & Goetter, E. M. (2011). A randomized controlled trial comparing acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapy for test anxiety: A pilot study. Behavior Modification, 35(1), 31-53.

Books & Chapters

  • Goetter, E. M., LeBlanc, N. J., & Marques, L. (2023). Cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. In T.J. Petersen, S. Sprich, & S. Wilhelm (Eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. New York: Springer Nature.

  • Hofmann, S. G., Baker, A., Carpenter, J. K., Curtiss, J. E., Goetter, E. M. (2020) The anxiety skills workbook: Simple CBT and mindfulness strategies for overcoming anxiety, fear, and worry. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

  • Blackburn, A. & Goetter, E. M. (2019). Treatment of anxiety disorders in the digital age. In E. Bui, M. E. Charney, & A. W. Baker (Eds.) Clinical handbook of anxiety disorders: From theory to practice. (pp. 297-313). Cham, Switzerland: Humana.

  • Goetter, E. M. & Blackburn, A. (2019). Mental health treatment disparities in racial and ethnic minority military service members and veterans. In M. Williams, D. Rosen, & J. Kanter (Eds.) Eliminating race-based mental health disparities (pp. 307-326). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

  • O’Day, E. O. & Goetter, E. M. (2018). Two psychosocial interventions for complicated grief: Review of principles and evidence base. In E. Bui (Ed.) Clinical Handbook of Bereavement and Grief Reactions (pp. 259-277). Cham, Switzerland: Humana.

  • Richards, L. K., Goetter, E. M., Wojtowicz, M., & Simon, N.M. (2016). Stigma and health services use among veterans and military personnel. In R. Parekh and E. W. Childs (Eds) Stigma and Prejudice: Touchstones in Understanding Diversity in Healthcare (pp. 203-206). New York: Springer.

  •  Goetter, E. M. & Marques, L. (2015). Cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. In T.J. Petersen, S. Sprich, & S. Wilhelm (Eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. New York: Springer.

  • Charney, M., Bui, E., Goetter, E.M,, Salzman, C., Worthington, J., Marques, L., Rosenbaum, J., & Simon, N. (under review). Anxiety Disorders. In J. Alpert and S. Schlozman (Eds) Introduction to Psychiatry: Preclinical Foundations and Clinical Essentials. Cambridge University Press.

Popular Press

  • “Mental Preparedness: Psychological Crisis Resilience and Response”; Crisis Response Journal, Podcast (2023)

  • “Why do people with anxiety disorders avoid getting therapy?”; Psychology Today (2020)

  • “What’s the holdup? Why so many of us who suffer from anxiety drag our heels when it comes to seeking treatment.”; Elle Canada (2020)

  • “CBT Works Best for those with PTSD”; The Daily News (2015)