EDUCATION. Chair: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D. RESEARCH INTERESTS

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1 Nicholas R. Morrison, M.S. Curriculum Vitae, March Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA Phone: EDUCATION 2015-Present Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology) Doctoral Dissertation: Examining the trustworthiness of consensual qualitative research findings Chair: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D Master of Science (Clinical Psychology) Master s Thesis: The state of therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs Chair: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Summa cum Laude University of Massachusetts Amherst Honors Thesis: The therapeutic alliance: Expert and student perspectives on current and ideal training practices Chair: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D. RESEARCH INTERESTS As a student of the clinical science model at the University of Massachusetts, the following interests represent my broad areas of study: psychotherapy process, outcome, and integration with adults; the patient-therapist relationship, expectations, and other common treatment factors; psychotherapy training; adult depression and anxiety; qualitative research methods AWARDS & GRANTS 2016 The Sol Garfield Memorial Student Travel Award: Presented to trainees in clinical psychology presenting their research at the annual NASPR research conference 2015 SEPI Student Travel Award: Presented to select graduate students presenting their research an the annual SEPI research conference 2015 FLEX Grant for Teaching & Faculty Development: Presented to instructors designing new courses at the University of Massachusetts 2014 Clinical Psychology Outstanding Student Service Award: Presented to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding service to the UMass Clinical Psychology Program 2010 Commonwealth College Honors Research Grant: Presented to select undergraduate honors students for senior theses 2010 UMass Leaders of the 21 st Century Award Recipient: Awarded to 12 of 4,400 graduating seniors nominated by faculty for strong leadership qualities, noteworthy original research, community service, or public presentation through art or performance 2009 The Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean s Opportunity Scholarship: Presented to outstanding students in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences 2009 The Nancy M. Cullen 76 Scholarship: Awarded to one member of both the UMass Marching Band and Commonwealth Honors College

2 Morrison, Nicholas Page 2 of 9 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013-Present Graduate Research Assistant & Psychotherapy Research Lab Manager Manages and supervises all lab volunteers and undergraduate research assistants Coordinates all administrative responsibilities pertaining to general lab functioning Responsible for ongoing, grant-funded qualitative research sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Mental Health Supervisor: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Coordinator Managed and drafted IRB correspondence and documentation for multiple active studies Recruited, screened, and scheduled participants for clinical evaluations, cognitive assessments, and MRI scans Obtained informed consent and assent from participants in compliance with Institutional Review Board and HIPAA standards Supervisors: Jamie A. Micco, Ph.D., Timothy E. Wilens, M.D Undergraduate Research Assistant (Psychotherapy Research Lab) Transcribed semi-structured research interviews, administered consents, conducted literature reviews, and lead qualitative research projects Supervisor: Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 2016-Present 2016-Present Psychological Services Center, Student Supervisor Supervises junior clinical psychology graduate students adult psychotherapy cases Supervisor: Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D. Health and Counseling Services, Hampshire College Clinical Extern Conducts diagnostic intake interviews and short- and long-term psychotherapy for Hampshire College students suffering from a range of mental health conditions Serves as a triage clinician who responds to mental health emergency situations on campus Supervisors: Eliza McArdle, Ph.D., Corey Griffin, Ph.D Uniformed Service Program, Brattleboro Retreat Clinical Extern Led and organized group psychotherapy for uniformed service members (e.g., military, police, fire) in milieu-structured partial hospitalization unit as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team

3 Morrison, Nicholas Page 3 of 9 Responsible for psychiatric testing, intake interviews, and program development activities as needed Supervisors: Susan Balaban, Ph.D., James Benton, Ph.D Psychological Services Center, Staff Psychotherapist & Clinical Diagnostic Assessor Primary clinical interests in adult populations but has received training in child assessment Individual and group psychotherapy with adults Structured psychodiagnostic interviews and clinical assessment Child and adult cognitive and neuropsychological batteries Therapy Supervisors: Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Ph.D., William J. Matthews, Ph.D. Assessment Supervisors: Claudia B. Rutherford, Ph.D., Timothy L. Hope, Ph.D Psychotherapy and Neuropsychological Assessment Private Practices Private Practice Coordinator Helped coordinate and manage the independent private practices of two licensed psychologists and one neuropsychologist Conducted phone screens and initial consultations with potential clients Corresponded with legal agencies, referral sources, and insurance companies on behalf of practitioners and clients Supervisors: Claudia B. Rutherford, Ph.D., Christopher E. Overtree, Ph.D., Timothy L. Hope, Ph.D Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Diagnostic Interviewer & Psychometrician Administered a weekly average of 5-6 assessments to children, adolescents, and adults consisting of diagnostic interviews and cognitive testing Reviewed algorithm-generated research diagnoses on a weekly basis with a committee of board-certified psychiatrists and licensed clinical psychologists in order to verify or rule out clinical diagnoses Followed protocols for emergency and crisis situations, including collecting information from interviewees regarding suicidal ideation and/or psychotic symptoms and presenting information to supervising clinicians Supervisors: Ronna Fried, Ed.D., Aude Henin, Ph.D. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015-Present Instructor Independently developed and currently instructs the following courses (taught in person and entirely online): *Abnormal Psychology *Power Up for College Success *Psychology Career Preparation

4 Morrison, Nicholas Page 4 of Graduate Student Advisor Served in the Undergraduate Advising Office, helping undergraduate students with major and minor declaration, course selection, career planning, and academic development Supervisor: Tamara A. Rahhal, Ph.D & Smith College Graduate Teaching Assistant Experienced in instructing and assisting the following courses, ranging from undergraduate students: *Introductory Psychology *Abnormal Psychology *Methods of Inquiry in Psychology *Interdisciplinary Directions in Psychology Primary Supervisor: Tamara A. Rahhal, Ph.D Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Senior Rater & Supervisor Observed and assisted new staff members in the administration of clinical structured interviews and cognitive assessments Provided feedback on clinical structured interview and cognitive assessment execution and coding Completed detailed performance evaluations for new staff members conducting structured clinical interviews and cognitive assessments Supervisors: Aude Henin, Ph.D., Ronna Fried, Ed.D Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (500 Students, Abnormal Psychology) Co-facilitated weekly review sessions, attended weekly teaching assistant meetings to discuss general concerns related to the course and how to best prepare for upcoming review sessions, and executed various classroom responsibilities Supervisor: Richard P. Halgin, Ph.D Undergraduate Peer Advisor (Undergraduate Advising Office) Assisted students in course selection and fulfillment of university, college, and major requirements and provided resources related to the university at large, and more specifically to the Psychology Department Supervisor: Tamara A. Rahhal, Ph.D. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2017-Present Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association Chair, Student Development Committee Elected to represent student interests to Board of Directors and facilitate initiatives promoting active involvement in Division 29

5 Morrison, Nicholas Page 5 of Present 2016-Present 2012-Present Member, Student-Faculty Diversity Committee Attends monthly meetings to facilitate education and training around issues of diversity and multiculturalism Member, Faculty Search Committee Assists in the search for a lecturer for the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Member, Psychological Services Center Advisory Committee Represents interests of graduate student clinicians and coordinates administrative responsibilities with Clinic Director Member, Psychological Services Center Training Director Search Committee Represented interests of graduate students and assisted in the search for a director of the clinical psychology program s in-house training clinic Member, Committee to Support Undergraduate Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Student representative to chancellor-established committee responsible for ensuring access to adequate psychological resources to ASD students across the university , 2017 Graduate Applicant Interview Weekend Coordinator Responsible for organization and execution of interview process for incoming clinical psychology program applicants ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Association (APA) -American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) -Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Association for Psychological Science (APS) Phi Beta Kappa Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR, North American Chapter) Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP)

6 Morrison, Nicholas Page 6 of 9 PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES 9. Constantino, M. J., Morrison, N. R., Coyne, A. E., & Howard, T. (in press). Exploring therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 8. Morrison, N. R., & Goodwin, B. J. (in press). Trainee perspectives on issues of psychotherapy integration across research and practice: Comment on McWilliams. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 7. Constantino, M. J., Morrison, N. R., Coyne, A. E., Goodwin, B. J., Santorelli, G. D., & Angus, L. (2017). Patients perceptions of corrective experiences in naturalistically delivered psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73(2), doi: /jclp Wilens, T. E., Zulauf, C., Martelon, M., Morrison, N. R., Simon, A., Carrellas, N. W., Anselmo, R. (2016). Nonmedical stimulant use in college students: Association with attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder and other disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(7), doi: /JCP.14m Constantino, M. J., Morrison, N. R., MacEwan, G., & Boswell, J. F. (2013). Therapeutic alliance researchers perspectives on alliance-centered training practices. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 23(3), doi: /a Wilens, T. E., & Morrison, N. R. (2012). Substance use disorders in adolescents and adults with ADHD: Focus on treatment. Neuropsychiatry, 2(4), doi: /NPY Martelon, M., Wilens, T. E., Anderson, J. P., Morrison, N. R., & Wozniak, J. (2012). Are obstetrical, perinatal, and infantile difficulties associated with pediatric bipolar disorder? Bipolar Disorders, Epub. doi: /j x Wilens, T. E., Morrison, N. R., & Prince, J. B. (2011). An update on the pharmacotherapy of attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 11(10), doi: /ERN.1137 Wilens, T. E., & Morrison, N. R. (2011). The intersection of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 24(4), doi: /YCO.0b013e328345c956 BOOK CHAPTERS Prince, J. B., Morrison, N. R., & Wilens, T. E. (2015). Pharmacotherapy of ADHD in adults. In L. Adler, T. Spencer, & T. Wilens (Eds.), Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults and children. London: Cambridge University Press. Wilens, T. E., & Morrison, N. R. (2015). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the substance use disorders in ADHD. In L. Adler, T. Spencer, & T. Wilens (Eds.), Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults and children. London: Cambridge University Press.

7 Morrison, Nicholas Page 7 of 9 MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION 4. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Santorelli, G. D., McVicar, E., & Ametrano, R. M. (in preparation). Determinants of psychotherapy outcome expectations in socially anxious participants. 3. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Kertes, A., & Antony, M. M. (in preparation). Using interpersonal process recall to compare patients accounts of resistance in two psychotherapies for generalized anxiety. Wilens, T. E., Carrellas, N., Martelon, M., Zulauf, C., Morrison, N. R., Simon, A., Yule, A., Anselmo, R. (in preparation). Neuropsychological dysfunction in college students who misuse stimulants. McAleavey, A., Bernecker, S. L., Holt, H., Morrison, N. R., Stein, M., Youn, S., Beutler, L. E. (in preparation). Principles of change in treating dysphoric, anxiety, personality, and substance use disorders. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 15. Morrison, N. R., Pereira, J., Gnall, K., Ji, Y., Cooney, C., & Gioia, A. (2017, June). A thematic analysis of patients experiences of participating in an outpatient group anger management program. Paper submitted for presentation at the 48 th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 14. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Kertes, A., & Antony, M. M. (2016, November). Using interpersonal process recall to compare patients accounts of resistance in two psychotherapies for generalized anxiety. Paper presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Berkeley, CA. 13. Morrison, N. R., Howard, T., Slater, S., & Constantino, M. J. (2016, November). A thematic analysis of perceived gold-standard alliance-centered training practices in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs. Poster presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Berkeley, CA. 1 Wilens, T. E., Carrellas, N., Martelon, M., Zulauf, C., Morrison, N. R., Simon, A., Yule, A., Anselmo, R. (2016, October). Neuropsychological dysfunction in college students who misuse stimulants. Poster presented at the 63 rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY. 1 Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Goodwin, B. J., Santorelli, G. D., & Angus, L. (2016, June). Patients perceptions of corrective experiences in naturalistically-delivered psychotherapy. Paper presented at the 32 nd annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dublin, Ireland.

8 Morrison, Nicholas Page 8 of Morrison, N. R., Batting, E. C., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2016, June). A thematic analysis of patients experiences of completing an interpersonal process recall interview. Poster presented at the 32 nd annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dublin, Ireland. 9. Balaban, S. F., Lenda, A., Morrison, N. R., & Pole, N. (2016, June). ACT for veterans and first responders: Harnessing peer support in group-based treatment for heterogeneous behavioral health problems. Workshop presented at the 14 th annual meeting of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, Seattle, WA. 8. Balaban, S. F., Morrison, N. R., & Pole, N. (2016, June). Under one roof: Evaluating an ACT-based intensive outpatient program for military and first responders. Poster presented at the 14 th annual meeting of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, Seattle, WA. 7. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Kertes, A., & Antony, M. M. (2015, June). Using interpersonal process recall to examine patients accounts of resistance in psychotherapy for severe generalized anxiety. Paper presented at the 46 th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, PA. 6. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., & Howard, T. (2015, June). The state of therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs. Paper presented at the 31 st annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Baltimore, MD. 5. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Silkowitz, K., & Howard, T. (2014, April). The state of therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs: A midpoint analysis. Paper presented at the 30 th annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 4. Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., McVicar, E., Santorelli, G., & Ametrano, R. M. (2013, October). Determinants of psychotherapy outcome expectations in socially anxious analogue participants. Paper presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Memphis, TN. 3. Wilens, T. E., Simon, A., Morrison, N. R., & Martelon, M. (2011, October). Characteristics of young adults who divert or misuse stimulant medications: A midpoint analysis. Poster presented at the 58 th annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Morrison, N. R., MacEwan, G., Boswell, J. F., Sacco, G., Haynes, M., Falk, R., et al. (2011, September). The therapeutic alliance: Expert and student perspectives on current and ideal training practices. Paper presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Banff, Alberta, Canada. MacEwan, G., Morrison, N., Levitan, P., Sacco, G., Goldwater-Feldman, K., Halgin, R., & Constantino, M. (2008, September). The efforts of therapists in the first session to establish a therapeutic alliance. Poster presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, New Haven, CT.

9 Morrison, Nicholas Page 9 of 9 SYMPOSIA MODERATED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Morrison, N. R. (Moderator), Coyne, A. E., Goodwin, B. J., & Hara, K. M. (2016, November). Using mixed methods to understand contextualized patient-therapist interpersonal processes in a randomized controlled trial for generalized anxiety disorder. Symposium presented at the meeting of the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Berkeley, CA. Morrison, N. R. (Co-Moderator), Durao, M. (Co-Moderator), Conceição, N., Finnerty, M., & Norcross, J. (2016, June). Dialogues on the future of psychotherapy integration. Closing plenary presented at the 32 nd annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dublin, Ireland. INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 8. Morrison, N. R. (2017, February). Managing social anxiety on campus. Workshop for the Hampshire College Wellness Program, Amherst, MA. 7. Morrison, N. R. (2016, August). Considerations in qualitative inquiry. Workshop for the University of Massachusetts Continuing and Professional Education Program, Amherst, MA. 6. Morrison, N. R., & Cheries, E. (2015, September). Getting into graduate school: Considerations in the application process. Workshop for the University of Massachusetts Psychology Advising Department, Amherst, MA. 5. Morrison, N. R. (2015, June). Introductory topics in qualitative research methods. Guest lecturer for the University of Massachusetts Continuing and Professional Education Program, Amherst, MA. 4. Morrison, N. R. (2014, October). Technology tools for academics. Workshop for the University of Massachusetts Clinical Psychology Program, Amherst, MA. 3. Cheries, E., & Morrison, N. R. (2014, October). Getting into graduate school: Considerations in the application process. Workshop for the University of Massachusetts Psychology Advising Department, Amherst, MA. Morrison, N. R. (2014, September). Preventing suicide in college students. Invited speaker for Active Minds, Amherst, MA. Morrison, N. R. (2014, August). Surviving graduate school: The dos and don ts. Invited speaker for the University of Massachusetts Psychological & Brain Sciences New Students Orientation, Amherst, MA.