John D. McKellar, PhD

— Clinical Psychologist —

Duties: Conduct psychosocial assessment of patients which chronic pain for individual therapy or for entry into a functional restoration program. Provide individual and group therapy to patients with chronic pain who also experience a variety of depressive or anxiety disorders.

Duties: Deliver web-based interactive online clinical presentations: PTSD, chronic pain, sleep, and depression/anxiety. OneHealth.com

Duties: Conducted assessments of patients with medical or psychological disorders. Provided individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and psycho-educational groups for the management of depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, pulmonary disease, and HIV. Implemented a treatment group for the management of trauma and chronic pain at the Women’s Trauma Recovery Program. Designed clinical interventions for the management of addiction and supervised treatment.

Duties: Coordinator of National Training in CBT for the Management of Chronic Pain. Conducted 3-day trainings for VA clinical providers across the United States. Created/edited all clinical materials for the training and served as Master Trainer. Primary author of treatment manual used in all VA facilities across the United States.

Duties: Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Teach class Addiction Psychiatry focusing on behavioral treatment interventions.

Duties: Conducted individual and group psychotherapy focusing on management of depression, anxiety, and addiction. Also treated distressed couples and created group focusing on the management of trichotillomania.

Duties: Individual therapy focusing on management of depression and anxiety. Also completed intensive training/practicum in Integrative Couples Therapy.

Duties: Conducted psychological evaluations of patients as member of Bone Marrow Transplantation Team. Taught relaxation techniques to patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Duties: Conducted intake and screening assessments of patients referred to Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program. Led groups and provided individual therapy.

Timko, Bonn-Miller, Ilgen, McKellar (in press). Detoxification History and Two-Year Outcomes of Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mutual-Help Group Participation.

McKellar, J., Austin, J., & Moos, R. (in press). Building the first step: a review of low-intensity interventions for stepped care. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice.

Timko, C., Cronkite, R., McKellar, J., Zemore, S., & Moos, R. (in press). Dually Diagnosed Patients’ Benefits of Mutual-Help Groups and the Role of Social Anxiety. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

McKellar, J., Wagner, T., Harris, A., Oehlert, M., Buckley, S., & Moos, R. (2012). One-year Outcomes of Telephone Case Monitoring for Patients with Substance Use Disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 1069-1074.

Oser, M., Cucciare, M., McKellar, J., Weingardt, K. (2012) Hazardous Alcohol Use among Veterans with Hepatitis C: Alcohol-related Coping, Consequences, and Confidence to Change. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 35, 634-641.

Austin, J, McKellar, J, & Moos, R. (2011) The Influence of Co-Occurring Axis I Disorders on Treatment Utilization in Homeless Patients with Substance Use Disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 941-944

Kamen, C., Cosgrove, V. E., McKellar, J., Cronkite, R. C., & Moos, R. (2011) Family support and depressive symptoms: A 23-year follow-up. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 215-223.

Oser, M., McKellar, J., Moos, B., & Moos, R. (2010). Changes in Ambivalence Mediate the Relation between Entering Treatment and Change in Alcohol Use and Problems. Addictive Behaviors, 35, 367-369.

McKellar, J., Harris, A., & Moos, R. (2009). Patients’ Abstinence Status Affects the Benefits of 12-Step Self-Help Group Participation on Substance Use Disorder Outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, 115-122.

Ilgen MA, Hu K, Moos RH, McKellar J. (2008). Continuing care utilization and readmission to inpatient psychiatric treatment in patients with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Services, 59 (9), 982-988.

Laffaye C, McKellar JD, Ilgen MA, Moos RH, (2008). Predictors of 4-year outcome of community residential treatment for patients with substance use disorders. Addiction. 2008 Apr;103(4):671-80.

McKellar, J., Piette, J., and Humphreys, K, (2004). Does Treatment Regimen Adherence Mediate the Relationship Between Depression and Diabetes Symptoms? Diabetes Educator, 30(3):485-92

Brown, K. and McKellar, J. (2003). Demand for Alcohol Treatment. Frontlines (June), 1-2.

Kelly, J., McKellar, J., and Moos, R. (2003). Comorbid Major Depression in Patients with Substance Use Disorders: Effects on 12-step Self-Help Involvement and Substance Use Outcomes. Addiction, 98, 499-508.

McKellar, J., Stewart, E., Humphreys, K. (2003). Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement and Positive Alcohol-Related Outcomes: Cause, Consequence, or Just a Correlate? A prospective 2-year study of 2319 alcohol dependent males. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(2), 302-308.

McKellar, J., Clark, M., and Shriner, J., (2003). The Cognitive Specificity of Associative Responses in Patients with Chronic Pain. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42, 27-39.

McKellar, J., Ingram, R., and Malcarne, V. (1996). States-of-Mind and Negative Affectivity. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20, 235-246.