Ainsley Patrick, MA
- BS (2020 Psychology) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- BS (2020 Sociology) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- MA (2024 Clinical Child Psychology) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Contact Info
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Broadly, I am interested in the mechanisms underlying childhood anxiety and related internalizing disorders. My primary research interests lie at the intersection of emotion regulation, attention biases, and intergenerational anxiety within anxiety disorders. I aim to identify mechanisms in anxiety and related disorders that could be driving childhood anxiety. In addition, my hope is to identify mechanisms that can be focused on as treatment targets for youth.
Secondarily, I am interested in utilizing physiological and multi-report data to understand parental influence on anxiety as well as attentional biases in youth with anxiety. I recognize the lack of accessible mental health resources for many individuals and am interested investigating the use of technology (i.e., apps) to bridge this research to practice gap. I am invested in the dissemination of evidence-based interventions to increase mental health treatment access for youth.
Selected Publications —
Garcia, K. M., Shroff, D. M., Patrick, A., Ollendick, T. H., & Breaux, R. (2024). A Systematic Review of Parent Socialization of Negative Affect in Clinical Child Samples: Relations to Youth Emotion Regulation Abilities. Clinical child and family psychology review, 27(4), 1054–1087. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-024-00508-0
Patrick, A. K., Ramsey, K. A., Essoe, J. K., & McGuire, J. F. (2023). Clinical Considerations for an Evidence-Based Assessment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 46(1), 17–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2022.10.001
Essoe, J. K.-Y., Patrick, A. K., Reynolds, K., Schmidt, A., Ramsey, K. A., McGuire, J.F. (2022). Recent Advances in Psychotherapy with Virtual Reality: Closing the Research-to-Practice Gap. Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 2(1), 79-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypsc.2022.04.001
Selected Presentations —
Patrick A.K., Silk, J., Moreno-Duron, D., & Allen, K. (2025). Relationships between information processing biases and cognitive-behavioral outcomes in a real-world speech task with adolescent girls at risk for social anxiety disorder: A path analysis. Oral presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 59th Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. (November 20)
Patrick A.K., Moreno-Duron, D., Shepherd, W., Silk, J., & Allen, K. (2025). A multi-method, multi-rater approach to understanding avoidance in childhood anxiety and its impact on treatment outcomes. Poster presentation at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2025 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (April 4)
Patrick, A.K., Moreno-Duron, D., Price, R., Silk, J., & Allen, K.B. (2024). Validation of a real-world measure of integrated interpretation and attention bias in youth at-risk for social anxiety disorder: A replication study. Poster presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 58th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA. (November 15)
Patrick, A.K., Ramsey, K.A., McGuire, J.F. (2023). The initial benefit of technological devices to reduce hair-pulling severity for adults with trichotillomania. Poster presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA. (November 17).