Assistant Professor
Director, Youth Anxiety and Depression Clinic

Office: Psychology, A203
Phone: 732-445-2000 x 130
Email: brianchu@rci.rutgers.edu
Web Site: http://yadc.rutgers.edu

Research Interests and Clinical Work:

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for youth with anxiety and depression, effectiveness research and dissemination of evidence-based practice into community settings, psychotherapy process-outcomes research, and multicultural issues in help-seeking and health care access.

Applications of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression (18:821:555)

Clinical Research and Treatment for Youth Anxiety and Depression (18:821:556)

Child Psychopathology (18:820:563)

Brian C. Chu's areas of interest include the assessment and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in youth, with a special emphasis on the dissemination of evidence-based practice, effectiveness research, and the evaluation of mechanisms of change and within-session client and therapist process variables that predict therapy outcome. He has a developing interest in understanding multicultural issues that impact help-seeking behavior and access to mental health services. In addition to writing journal articles and book chapters in the above topics, he has co-authored three treatment manuals, Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy for Anxious Children (2nd Ed.), the SKILLS program, a Group Behavioral Activation Treatment for Middle School Youth, and Behavioral Activation and Social Exposure (BASE) Group Treatment for Schizophrenia and other Serious Mental Illness. Dr. Chu applies the scientist-practitioner model throughout his research, supervision of graduate students, and courses he teaches in child psychopathology and CBT for anxiety and depression. He is an active member of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (Past President for the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group) and APA Division 53, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, for which he is current Editor for In Balance, the Division's official Newsletter. He was recently featured in the Rutgers Magazine, "High Anxiety - Young and Old Are Learning to Conquer Fears by Standing Up to Them": Rutgers Magazine - Spring 2007.

Brian mentors students in both the GSAPP and Clinical Ph.D. programs.

• For more information on the Clinical Psy.D. program: http://gsappweb.rutgers.edu/programs/clinical

 

• For more information on the Clinical Ph.D. program: http://psych.rutgers.edu/graduate/clinical/index.html

2009 Recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship to investigate: “The Function of Avoidance in Depressed Behavior and Development of a Transdiagnostic Behavioral Activation Therapy.”

Chu, B. C., & Harrison, T. L. (2007). Disorder-specific effects of CBT for anxious and depressed youth: A meta-analysis of candidate mediators of change. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 10, 352-372.

Chu, B. C. (2008). Child and Adolescent Research Methods in Clinical Psychology. In D. McKay (Ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (pp. 405-426). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chu, B. C. & Kendall, P. C. (2009). Therapist responsiveness to child engagement: Flexibility within a manual-based CBT for anxious youth. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 736-754.

Chu, B. C., Colognori, D., Weissman, A. S., & Bannon, K. (in press). An initial description and pilot of group behavioral activation therapy for anxious and depressed youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.