Faculty Profiles
Gail Steketee
Professor
Dean
Phone: 617-353-3760
steketee@bu.edu
Education
B.A. (social relations) Radcliffe College
M.S.S. (clinical practice) Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D. (clinical research) Bryn Mawr College
Courses Taught
CP781 Clinical Social Work Assessment and Intervention
CP795 Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment
Scholarly and Practice Interests
Psychopathology of compulsive hoarding symptoms (clutter, excessive acquiring, difficulty discarding); cognitive aspects of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); cognitive and behavioral treatments for OCD, compulsive hoarding and OC spectrum conditions such as body dysmorphic disorder; family aspects of treating anxiety disorders
Selected Publications
Steketee, G., & Frost, R.O. (2007). Compulsive hoarding and acquiring. New York: Oxford Press. [Therapist guide and Client workbook]
Tolin, D., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G. (2007). Buried in treasures: Help for compulsive hoarding. New York: Oxford.
Steketee, G., Lam, J.N., Chambless, D. L., Rodebaugh, T., & McCullough, C. (2007). Effects of perceived criticism and sensitivity to criticism on processes during behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders. Behaviour Reseearch and Therapy. 45, 11-19.
Wilhelm, S., & Steketee, G. (2006). Treating OCD with cognitive therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Grisham, J., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G., Kim, H-J., & Hood, S. (2006). Age of onset of compulsive hoarding. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 675-686.
Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Tolin, D.F., & Renaud, S. (In press). Development and validation of the Clutter Image Rating. Journal of Personality and Behavioral Assessment.
Wilhelm, S., Steketee, G., Reilly-Harrington, N.A., Deckersbach, T., Buhlmann, U., & Baer, L. (2005). Efficacy of cognitive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19, 173-179.
Steketee, G., & Fogler, J. (2004). Families of patients with severe anxiety disorders. In M. Maj (Ed.), Families and mental disorders: From burden to empowerment. New York: Wiley.
Steketee, G., & Van Noppen, B. (2004). Family approaches to treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 14, 55-71.
Selected Presentations
Wilhelm, S. & Steketee, G. (2006, November). Recent advances in the assessment and cognitive treatment of OCD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Chicago, IL.
Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., Tolin, D., & Brown, T. (2006, September). Diagnostic issues in compulsive hoarding. Paper presented at the European Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Paris, France.
Steketee, G. (2006, September). OCD and Its Spectrum Conditions: Alike or Different? Keynote address at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Paris, France.Steketee, G., & Frost, R.O. (2006, July). Advanced Behavior Therapy Institute on Compulsive Hoarding, Workshop presented at the OC Foundation Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Steketee, G. (2006, May). Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for OCD. Workshop for the Behavior Therapy Institute of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Steketee, G. (2006, May). Nature and Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding, Keynote address, 2nd annual Hoarding Conference, Long Beach, CA.
Steketee, G., & Frost, R.O. (2006, May). Buried in Treasures: Understanding and treating compulsive hoarding, Workshop at 3rd annual Michigan Mental Health & Aging Conference, East Lansing, MI
Selected Grant Activity
Psychopathology of Compulsive Hoarding, NIMH, 2005-2009. Principal Investigator. This is a collaborative R01 grant with Dr Randy Frost at Smith College to study the symptoms and pathology associated with compulsive hoarding and its relationship to OCD.
Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder, NIMH, 2004-2007. Co-Investigator. This R34 grant with Dr. Sabine Wilhelm (Principal investigator) from Mass General Hospital and Dr. Kathy Phillips from Butler Hospital aims to develop and test a cognitive behavioral treatment for BDD.
Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding, NIMH, 2003-2006. Principal Investigator. This recently completed R21 grant with colleagues Dr. Randy Frost at Smith College and Dr. David Tolin at Hartford Hospital focused on developing and testing a multi-method treatment for hoarding.
Other recently completed grants examined (1) cognitive therapy for OCD (NIMH), (2) reasons for treatment failure for clients with OCD (OC Foundation), (3) compulsive hoarding among elderly people (OC Foundation), and (4) family factors predicting treatment outcome for OCD (NIMH).
Consulting and Professional Activities
Grant Review Committee Member, Interventions and Treatment Review (ITV) Committee, NIMH
Editorial Board Member, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Clinical Psychology Review, In Session: Journal of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Oakland, CA; Italian Association for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Padua, Italy.
Charter Member, Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)
Co-Chair, Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG) (international researchers from 9 countries focused on cognitive aspects of OCD)
Licensing
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Massachusetts
