• I completed APA-Accredited predoctoral and postdoctoral training within Veterans Affairs (VA) systems:

    • Internship at VA Northern California Health Care System (2016-2017)

    • PTSD Fellowship at San Francisco VA Health Care System (2017-2018)

    • BS in International Health and African Studies, Georgetown University, 2007

    • PhD in Clinical Psychology, Palo Alto University, 2017

  • My experiences working with individuals who have experienced trauma motivates me to better understand, through research, the factors which support people completing evidence-based PTSD treatments:

    • Cowden Hindash, A.H., Staudenmeyer, A.H., Altman, A.D., Lujan, C., Kim, A., Schmitz, M., Inslicht, S.S. (2020). Examining emotional engagement during prolonged exposure therapy with mobile psychophysiological technology: A prospective study. Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 10 (7), 1-11.

    • Staudenmeyer, A. H., Maxwell, S., Mohlenhoff, B., Yasser, J., Schmitz, M., Metzler, T., Maguen, S., Neylan, T., & Wolfe, W. (2024). Pretreatment stabilization increases completion of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapies. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 16 (Suppl 3), S723–S730.

    • Wolfe, W. R., Staudenmeyer, A., Cloitre, M., Hubbard, A., Schmitz, M., Mohlenhoff, B., ... & Neylan, T. C. (2025). Sequenced psychotherapy improves evidence-based trauma-focused psychotherapy initiation and retention in a national sample of veterans. Psychiatry Research, 351, 116612.

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