Linda Street, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Linda Street has over 25 years of experience in the areas of Anxiety, Depression, Panic, and OCD. Dr. Street has held top positions at nationally renowned institutions including her experience having served as the Program Chief of the Psychotherapy and Treatment Development Program at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), during which time she directed nation-wide research for cutting-edge anxiety and OCD treatment. Additionally, Dr. Street has served as a research scientist and clinician at Columbia Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry Anxiety Disorders Clinic and on the faculty of George Washington University’s department of Psychiatry.
Personal Statement
It takes courage to ask for help and everybody comes to therapy at different phases of life, with varying degrees of motivation and readiness to make change. While some seek to accomplish very specific goals, others come with a vague sense that something is wrong and find themselves looking for guidance about how to begin improving their lives. Therefore, my first goal as a therapist is to have the sensitivity and awareness to accurately assess what each client genuinely wants or needs beginning with our very first interaction. For some this first step involves building a safe and trusting relationship where they can feel secure enough to share their thoughts and feelings, some of which they may never have discussed before. For others with more defined goals, this initial phase may involve providing the necessary amount of encouragement and education about the relevant therapeutic techniques they require to accomplish their individual objectives.
As an integrative therapist I frequently use cognitive-behavioral based therapies, exposure and response prevention, mindfulness-based techniques, interpersonal psychotherapy and aspects of psychodynamic therapy. Whereas most techniques I use focus on my clients’ current concerns, it sometimes also becomes important to understand their origins from the past. I generally explain the rationale for every technique I plan to use in therapy and ask for my client’s ideas and feedback as we proceed.
I am always open to listening to your concerns and thoughts. I would be happy to provide a free 15 minute phone consultation to discuss whatever questions you may have.
Selected Awards and Publications
NIH Director’s Award for “Outstanding Commitment to Organizing and Launching the New Clinical Trials Program at NIMH”, June 23, 2000
NIH Director’s Award for Promoting Translational Research across NIMH and In the Research Community
NIH Award for Rare Diseases for workshop on Anorexia Nervosa
Highest Award for Excellence in Research SUNY Stony Brook
Highest Award for Overall Excellence in Academic, Clinical, and Research Accomplishments
Selected Presentations
“New Directions in Psychosocial Treatment Outcome Research”, October 19, NIMH,, Bethesda, MD, 1998
“Increasing the Public Health Relevance of Mental Health Intervention Research” Symposium on Future of Psychotherapy Research, George Niederehe & Linda L. Street, 107th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, 1999
“Gaps and opportunities for utilizing behavioral science, particularly in the depression area”. Presentation at the National Advisory Mental Health Council’s Behavioral Sciences Workgroup Meeting in San Diego,1999
“Ethical Considerations of doing Psychotherapy Over the Internet” Presentation at NIMH workshop on Cyber Interventions, Bethesda, MD, 2000
Invited speaker: “Future Directions in Psychotherapy Research”, Meeting of the American Counseling Association, Washington, DC, 2000
“Assessment and Psychosocial Treatment of GAD” Presented at AAFP meeting, 2000
Invited Speaker “NIMH Propels Psychotherapy on New Course” by the Commission on Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists, 2000
Invited Speaker “New Approaches for Utilizing Interpersonal Psychotherapy” by committee on IPT, both at the Annual Convention of the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, IL, 2000
Invited Speaker: “Psychosocial Interventions Research in PTSD” at Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November, 2002
“Recent TAU Issues in Psychotherapy Research", NIMH workshop, “Treatment as Usual: Measurement, Design and Ethics", Bethesda, MD, 2002
Symposium at American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2004
Selected Publications
Agras, W.S., Brandt, H.A., Bulik, C.M., Dolan-Sewell R, Fairburn, C.G., Halmi, K.A., Herzog, D.B., Jimerson, D.C., Kaplan, A.S., Kaye, W.H., le Grange, D., Lock, J., Mitchell, J.E., Rudorfer, M.V., Street, L.L., Striegel-Moore, R., Vitousek, K.M., Walsh, B.T., Wilfley, D.E. (2004) Report of the National Institutes of Health workshop on overcoming barriers to treatment research in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 35, 509-521.
Craske, M.G., Street, L., Barlow D.H. (1989). Instructions to focus upon or distract from internal cues during exposure treatment of agoraphobic avoidance. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27, 663-72.
Craske, M.G., Street, L.L., Jayaraman, J., & Barlow, D.H. (1991). Attention versus distraction during in vivo exposure: Snake and spider phobics. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 5, 199-211. Liebowitz, M.R., Salmán, E., Jusino, C.M., Garfinkel, R, Street, L., Cárdenas, D.L., Silvestre, J., Fyer, A.J., Carrasco, J.L., Davies, S., et al. (1994) Ataque de nervios and panic disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry,151,871-875.
Markowitz, J. C., & Street, L. L. (1999). NIMH propels psychotherapy research on new course. Psychiatric News, 34, (20), p. 20.
Niederehe, G., Street, L. L.; Lebowitz, B. D. (1999). NIMH support for psychotherapy research: Opportunities and questions. Prevention and Treatment, 2,doi: 10.1037/1522-3736.2.1.23a
Salmán, E., Liebowitz, M.R., Guarnaccia, P.J., Jusino, C.M., Garfinkel, R., Street, L., Cárdenas, D.L., Silvestre, J., Fyer, A.J., Carrasco, J.L., Davies, S.O., Klein, D.F.( 1998). Subtypes of ataques de nervios: the influence of coexisting psychiatric diagnosis. Cult Med Psychiatry, 22, 231-44
Schneier, F.R, Heckelman, L.R., Garfinkel, R., Campeas, R., Fallon, B.A., Gitow, A., Street, L., Del Bene, D., Liebowitz, M.R. (1994). Functional impairment in social phobia. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 55, 322-31.
Schneier, F.R., Marshall, R.D., Street, L.L., Heimberg, R.G., & Juster, H.R. (1995). Social phobia and specific phobias. In G.O. Gabbard (Ed.), Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, 2nd edition, Vol. (2), (pp 1453-1475). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Street, L.L. & Barlow, D.H. (1994), Anxiety Disorders. In Craighead, L.W., Craighead, W, E,. Kazdin, A.E. & Mahoney, M.J. (Eds.). Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions: An Empirical Approach to Mental Health Problems (pp. 72-85). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Street, L.L., Craske, M.G., Barlow, D.H. (1989) Sensations, cognitions and the perception of cues associated with expected and unexpected panic attacks. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27,189– 198.
Street, L.L. & Luoma, J.B. (2002). Control Groups in Psychosocial Intervention Research: Ethical and Methodological Issues. Ethics and Behavior, 12, 1-30.
Street, L.L, & Luoma, J.B. (Eds.). (2002) Control Groups in Psychosocial Intervention Research. [Special Issue]. Ethics and Behavior, 12, 1-116.
Street, L.L., Niederehe, G., & Lebowitz, B.D. (2000). Toward greater public health relevance for psychotherapeutic intervention research: An NIMH workshop report. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 7, 127-137.
Street, L. L., Salman, E., Garfinkle, R., Silvestri, J., Carrasco, J., Cardenas, D., Zinbarg, R., Barlow, D. H. & Liebowitz, M. R. (1997). Discriminating between generalized anxiety disorder and anxiety disorder not otherwise specified in a Hispanic population: Is it only a matter of worry? Depression and Anxiety, 5, 1–6.
Turk, C.L., Heimberg, R.G., Orsillo, S.M., Holt, C.S., Gitow, A., Street, L.L., Schneier, F.R., Liebowitz M.R. (1998). An investigation of gender differences in social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 12, 209-23.
Zinbarg, R., Barlow, D. H., Liebowitz, M., Street, L., Broadhead, E., Katon, W., Roy-Byrne, P., Lepine, J., Teherani, M., Richards, J., Brantley, P. & Kraemer, H.(1994). The DSM-IV field trial for mixed anxiety depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 1153-1162.
Zinbarg, R., Barlow, D. H., Liebowitz, M., Street, L., Broadhead, E., Katon, W., Roy-Byrne, P., Lepine, J., Teherani, M., Richards, J., Brantley, P. & Kraemer, H.(1995). Mixed anxiety depression: A new diagnostic category needing further study. Anxiety Disorders Association of America Reporter. 6, 1 & 23 - 26.