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Kristen E. Holderle, Ph.D.

Kristen E. Holderle, Ph.D.

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About Me

Professional Background

Dr. Holderle has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Her areas of expertise include adjustment to chronic medical illness, pain management, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and general behavioral concerns. She has specializ...
Dr. Holderle has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Her areas of expertise include adjustment to chronic medical illness, pain management, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and general behavioral concerns. She has specialized training and expertise using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people increase their psychological flexibility and improve their quality of life.

As a member of several multidisciplinary teams, Dr. Holderle works to improve service delivery and clinical programming. Clinically, she is a pediatric psychologist on the Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service where she provides psychological support to children admitted to Golisano Children's Hospital for a variety of medical reasons. As Clinic Director of the HEAL Collaborative she coordinates a dedicated team of clinicians, advocates, and legal professionals who provide therapeutic supports to victims of interpersonal violence. From 2020-2022 she was the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at the UR Medicine Complex Care Center, a multidisciplinary clinic for adults with childhood onset medical and developmental conditions.

Dr. Holderle is actively involved in training pre-doctoral psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and residents. She is a member of the Psychology Training Committee and the supervising psychologist for the Med-Psych Unit (1-9200). She currently serves as Associate Director of the APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Training Program.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Psychology (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Education

PhD | Ohio State University. Clinical Psychology. 2005

MA | Ohio State University. Clinical Psychology. 2002

BA | Hamilton College. Psychology. 2000

Awards

James Michael Award for Excellence in Adjunct Faculty Teaching. 2011

Postdoctoral Fellow Award for Excellence. 2006

The Jonathan Marder Prize for Excellence in Psychology. 2000

Phi Beta Kappa. 2000

Publications

Journal Articles

Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care for Adults with Complex Childhood Onset Medical and Developmental Diagnoses.

Holderle KE, Poleshuck E, Rosenberg T, Pulcino T

Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings.. 2021 June 29 Epub 06/29/2021.

Orofacial Manifestation and Dental Management of Sickle Cell Disease: A Scoping Review.

Kakkar M, Holderle K, Sheth M, Arany S, Schiff L, Planerova A

Anemia.. 2021 2021 :5556708. Epub 10/22/2021.

Treatment as Usual" (TAU).

Mendenhall, A.N.; Davidson, K.H.; & Fristad, M.A.

The service provider and medication usage grids: A new

Improvement in quality-of-life questionnaire measures in obese adolescent females with polycystic ovary syndrome treated with lifestyle changes and oral contraceptives, with or without metformin.

Harris-Glocker, M.; Davidson, K.; Kochman, L.; Guzick, D.; Hoeger, K.

2010; .

The impact of metformin, oral contraceptives, and lifestyle modification on polycystic ovary syndrome in obese adolescent women in two randomized, placebo controlled clinical trials.

Hoeger, K.; Davidson, K.; Kochman, L.; Cherry, T.; Kopin, L.; Guzick, D.

2008; .

Thinking-Feeling-Doing: A therapeutic technique for children with bipolar disorder and their parents.

Fristad, M. A; Davidson, K. H.; Leffler, J.

2008; .

Davidson, K. H.; Fristad, M. A.

The Treatment Beliefs Questionnaire (TBQ): An instrument to

The efficacy of Hand-to-Hand Family Support Groups for decreasing parental feelings of stress and increasing empowerment

Davidson, K. H.; Fristad, M. A.

2006; .

Treatments that Work": Advancements and challenges in the creation of empirically supported treatments for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders [Review of the book Empirically Supported Treatments for Children and Adolescents]

Davidson, K. H.; Fristad, M. A.

2004; .

Books

Advances in Online Therapy (2022)

Chapter: Online ACT: Adapting FACT for Use Online with Individuals with Childhood-Onset Medical and Developmental Disabilities

Authors: Holderle, KE & Iler, J

Publisher: Routeledge 2022

Treating Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder (2008)

Chapter: Family psychoeducation for children with bipolar disorder

Authors: Davidson, KH & Fristad, MA

Publisher: Guilford Press 2008

Clinical Handbook of Childhood Behavior Problems (2008)

Chapter: Moodiness

Authors: Davidson, KH & Fristad, MA

Publisher: Guilford Press 2008

Encyclopedia of Pediatric and Clinical Child Psychology (2003)

Chapter: Dysthymic disorder

Authors: Holderle, KE & Fristad, MA

Publisher: Kluewer Academic/Plenum Press 2003

Handbook of Serious Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents. (2002)

Chapter: Mood disorders in children and adolescents

Authors: Fristad, M., Shaver, A E, & Holderle, KE

Publisher: Wiley and Sons 2002