Katie Fracalanza

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bio

Dr. Katie Fracalanza specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and other empirically-supported treatments for adults with mood and anxiety disorders. She is actively involved in research and teaching psychotherapy to graduate students and psychiatry residents.

Clinical Focus

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Clinical Psychology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professional Education

PhD Training: Toronto Metropolitan University (2015) Canada
Fellowship: Stanford University - Dept of Psychiatry (2016) CA
Internship: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2015) Canada
PhD, Ryerson University, Clinical Psychology (2015)
MA, Ryerson University, Clinical Psychology (2010)

Contact

Clinical (Primary)

This is the primary clinic for this clinical provider. For additional clinical locations and information, please visit the link(s) listed below in the 'Additional Clinical Info' section.

Psychiatry 401 Quarry Rd MC 5719 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 498-9111 Fax: (650) 724-9900

Additional Clinical Info

Stanford Health Care

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Dr. Fracalanza is interested in factors underlying the development and maintenance of mood and anxiety disorders. She has conducted research on cognitive factors thought to maintain anxiety, such as intolerance of uncertainty and perfectionism. She is interested in the patient perspective, and conducting research from a qualitative lens to better understand this.

Clinical Trials

Imaginal Exposure for Hoarding Disorder Not Recruiting
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The present study will test a potential new treatment strategy, imaginal exposure, for hoarding disorder. Although cognitive behavioral therapy often reduces hoarding, some people do not want to start, or cannot handle, that option. To help such individuals, the present study will provide imaginal exposure therapy to people with hoarding disorder, wherein they imagine discarding possessions as a way of becoming acclimated to the idea. We predict that imaginal exposure will improve hoarding symptoms as well as two psychological experiences linked to the condition: intolerance of uncertainty and emotional avoidance.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Tatevik Avanesyan, MD, 650-497-2577.

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
- Katie Fracalanza
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Katie Fracalanza

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Lead Sponsor

Stanford Investigators