Alice E. Coyne

Alice E. Coyne serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at American University, having joined the department in 2023. She directs the Optimizing Psychosocial Treatments (OPT) Lab and teaches courses including Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Practice.

Dr. Coyne's research program focuses on enhancing psychotherapy effectiveness through personalization strategies. Her work examines how patient, therapist, and dyadic characteristics can optimize treatment for affective conditions such as depression and anxiety. She specifically investigates methods for tailoring treatment selection, intervention delivery, and therapist assignment to individual patient needs, with the overarching goal of bridging the science-practice gap in mental health care, particularly for underserved populations.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent research trajectory focused on treatment personalization in psychotherapy. Her work spans multiple methodologies including meta-analyses, randomized clinical trials, and process-outcome studies. Key themes include therapist-patient matching, moderators of treatment efficacy, and transdiagnostic approaches to affective disorders. Her publications appear in high-impact journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Psychotherapy Research.

Dr. Coyne has established herself as an emerging researcher in clinical psychology with a focus on making evidence-based treatments more effective through personalization. Her work has significant implications for improving mental health care delivery in real-world settings.